Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 27

अनरण्यसुता–पिप्पलादचरितम् / The Episode of Anaraṇya’s Daughter and Sage Pippalāda

Devanagari script

कृतं मे दमनं साध्वि न विरुद्धं यथोचितम् । शास्तिः समुत्पथस्थानामीश्वरेण विनिर्मिता

Transliteration

kṛtaṃ me damanaṃ sādhvi na viruddhaṃ yathocitam | śāstiḥ samutpathasthānāmīśvareṇa vinirmitā

Translation

Ôi bậc hiền đức, sự răn giữ mà Người đã đặt lên con không hề trái lẽ hay bất xứng. Bởi chính Đấng Tối Thượng (Īśvara) đã định ra sự trừng phạt cho những kẻ đứng trên con đường lạc hướng.

Word by Word

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Kriya (क्रिया/भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (contextually predicate: done)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; एकवचन; षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचनरूप (enclitic ‘me’: my/to me); अत्र षष्ठी (genitive)

• दमनम्: restraint/chastisement
• दमनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (here: subject/predicate-noun)

• साध्वि: O virtuous lady
• साध्वि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; सम्बोधन (vocative)

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• विरुद्धम्: contrary/opposed
• विरुद्धम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; विशेषणम् (not opposed)

• यथा: as/according to
• यथा: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (as/according as)

• उचितम्: proper
• उचितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उचित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; विशेषणम् (proper)

• शास्तिः: punishment/discipline
• शास्तिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (nominative)

• समुत्पथस्थानाम्: of those who stand on the wrong path
• समुत्पथस्थानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुत्पथ-स्थान (प्रातिपदिक; समुत्पथ + स्थान)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (determinative: ‘of wrong-path’ + ‘standing’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग ‘स्थान’; बहुवचन; षष्ठी (genitive plural)

• ईश्वरेण: by the Lord
• ईश्वरेण: Kartr-karana (कर्तृकरण/कर्तृ-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; एकवचन; तृतीया (instrumental)

• विनिर्मिता: has been made/ordained
• विनिर्मिता: Kriya (क्रिया/भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नि-मा (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा; कर्मणि-भावः (made/constructed)

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati
• Ishvara

FAQs

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

It presents Īśvara (Shiva) as both compassionate and just: restraint and correction are not cruelty but a dharmic means to turn the soul away from deviation and back toward right conduct and liberation.

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

In Saguna worship, the devotee approaches Shiva as a personal Lord who actively guides, protects, and corrects; this verse highlights that Shiva’s governance includes discipline for those who stray, reinforcing surrender (śaraṇāgati) to the Linga-Lord’s order.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is daily self-restraint through japa of the Panchakshara mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with a vow of right conduct, accepting correction as Shiva’s grace and using mantra-japa to return the mind from the ‘wrong path’ to dharma.