Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 57

प्रकृतितत्त्व-विचारः / Inquiry into Prakṛti (Nature/Śakti) and Śiva’s Transcendence

Devanagari script

तेन कारयितुं योगं काल्या रुद्रेण कामतः । महावीर्येणासुरेण तारकेण प्रपीडिताः

Transliteration

tena kārayituṃ yogaṃ kālyā rudreṇa kāmataḥ | mahāvīryeṇāsureṇa tārakeṇa prapīḍitāḥ

Translation

Vì vậy, theo ý nguyện, Rudra cùng với Kālikā bắt tay làm cho lời thệ nguyện yoga thiêng liêng ấy được viên thành, trong khi các thế giới đang bị ác ma Tāraka đầy đại lực áp bức nặng nề.

Word by Word

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: करण (Karaṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; ‘by him/thereby’

• कारयितुम्: to cause (to be done)
• कारयितुम्: प्रयोजन (Purpose/Infinitive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive/तुमन्त), परस्मैपद-भाव; ‘to cause to do/make’

• योगम्: union/discipline (yoga)
• योगम्: कर्म (Karma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• काल्या: by Kālī
• काल्या: करण (Karaṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘by Kālī’

• रुद्रेण: by Rudra
• रुद्रेण: करण (Karaṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘by Rudra’

• कामतः: as desired/at will
• कामतः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कामतः (अव्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverb) = ‘according to desire/at will’

• महावीर्येण: by (one) of great power
• महावीर्येण: करण (Karaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘असुरेण’ in sense ‘of great power’ (instrumental with agent)

• असुरेण: by the demon
• असुरेण: करण (Karaṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• तारकेण: by Tāraka
• तारकेण: करण (Karaṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; apposition to ‘असुरेण’

• प्रपीडिताः: oppressed/afflicted
• प्रपीडिताः: कर्म (Karma; passive subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-पीड् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘having been oppressed’

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Rudra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Kālī

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Shiva)
• Kālikā
• Tāraka

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It shows Rudra’s compassionate sovereignty (Pati) responding through yogic power and divine will to relieve beings (paśu) bound by suffering (pāśa), restoring dharma when a powerful asura oppresses creation.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

Rudra here is Saguna—active, willing, and protective—so devotees approach him through tangible worship (Liṅga, mantra, pūjā) as the accessible form of the Supreme who intervenes to remove affliction and uphold cosmic order.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Rudra’s protective presence while repeating the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” offering water and bilva to the Liṅga with the intention of removing inner ‘asuric’ oppression such as fear, anger, and delusion.