Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 33

पार्वत्याः पितृगृहगमनं तथा मङ्गलस्वागतम् | Pārvatī’s Return to Her Father’s House and the Auspicious Welcome

Devanagari script

विभूतिविभूषितं रम्यमस्थिमालासमन्वितम् । त्रिलोचनोज्ज्वलद्वक्त्रं नागायज्ञोपवीतकम्

Transliteration

vibhūtivibhūṣitaṃ ramyamasthimālāsamanvitam | trilocanojjvaladvaktraṃ nāgāyajñopavītakam

Translation

Ngài được trang sức bằng vibhūti (tro thiêng), rực rỡ và mỹ lệ, đeo vòng xương; gương mặt sáng ngời với ba mắt, và mang rắn làm dây thánh (yajñopavīta)—đó là hình tướng cát tường hiển lộ của Đức Śiva.

Word by Word

• vibhūti-vibhūṣitam: adorned with sacred ash
• vibhūti-vibhūṣitam: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vibhūti (प्रातिपदिक) + √bhūṣ (धातु)
• Form: Samāsa: Tatpuruṣa (instrumental sense) ‘adorned with vibhūti’; Kṛdanta: past passive participle (क्त/भूतकृदन्त) from √bhūṣ; Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Prathamā/Dvitīyā Ekavacana (contextually accusative agreeing with śaṃkaram implied)

• ramyam: lovely, charming
• ramyam: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ramya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana (agreeing with śaṃkaram implied)

• asthi-mālā-samanvitam: endowed with a garland of bones
• asthi-mālā-samanvitam: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: asthi (प्रातिपदिक) + mālā (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: Samāsa: Tatpuruṣa ‘endowed with a garland of bones’; Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana (agreeing with śaṃkaram implied)

• tri-locana-ujjvala-vaktram: having a bright face with three eyes
• tri-locana-ujjvala-vaktram: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक) + locana (प्रातिपदिक) + ujjvala (प्रातिपदिक) + vaktra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Samāsa: Tatpuruṣa (multi-member) ‘face (vaktra) bright (ujjvala) [of] three eyes (tri-locana)’; Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana

• nāga-ājñā-upavītakam: wearing a serpent as the sacred thread
• nāga-ājñā-upavītakam: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nāga (प्रातिपदिक) + yajñopavīta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Samāsa: Tatpuruṣa ‘having a serpent as sacred thread’; Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana; internal sandhi: nāga + yajñopavītaka

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Bhairava

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse presents Śiva’s saguna form through sacred symbols—bhasma, the three eyes, and the serpent thread—teaching detachment from the perishable body and recognition of Śiva as the supreme, pure Lord (Pati) who grants liberation when remembered with devotion.

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

It supports saguna-upāsanā by giving contemplative marks for dhyāna (meditation) on Śiva; such form-meditation steadies the mind and culminates in linga-worship, where the same Lord is adored as the all-pervading reality manifest in an auspicious emblem.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Apply vibhūti (tripuṇḍra) with reverence and meditate on Śiva as Trilocana; contemplate the serpent-thread and ash as signs of renunciation and purity, supporting japa and bhakti—especially in Shiva Purana rituals for Mahashivratri.