Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 14

पार्वत्याः यात्रासंस्कारः तथा पातिव्रत्योपदेशः / Preparations for Girijā’s Auspicious Journey and the Teaching on Pātivratya

Devanagari script

सेव्यस्त्वया पतिस्तस्मात्सर्वदा शङ्करः प्रभुः । दीनानुग्रहकर्ता च सर्वसेव्यस्सतां गतिः

Transliteration

sevyastvayā patistasmātsarvadā śaṅkaraḥ prabhuḥ | dīnānugrahakartā ca sarvasevyassatāṃ gatiḥ

Translation

Vì thế, bậc Chúa tể và phu quân của nàng—Śaṅkara, đấng Chủ tể tối thượng—hãy luôn được nàng phụng sự. Ngài ban ân cho kẻ khốn cùng, đáng được muôn loài phụng thờ, là nơi nương tựa và cứu cánh của người hiền thiện.

Word by Word

• sevyaḥ: to be served
• sevyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/predicate of patiḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sev (धातु) + ya (कृत्)
• Form: Gerundive/obligatory participle (तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययार्थ), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ‘to be served’

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karaṇa (करण/agent—by you)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Second person pronoun, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• patiḥ: husband
• patiḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (हेतु/reason)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablatival adverb (तस्मात्), avyaya-prayoga; ‘therefore/from that’

• sarvadā: always
• sarvadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb of time

• śaṅkaraḥ: Śaṅkara
• śaṅkaraḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण/apposition to patiḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; proper name of Śiva

• prabhuḥ: the Lord
• prabhuḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; in apposition

• dīna-anugraha-kartā: doer of compassion to the poor
• dīna-anugraha-kartā: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīna (प्रातिपदिक) + anugraha (प्रातिपदिक) + kartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; तत्पुरुष: dīnānām anugrahaḥ, tasya kartā

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conjunction

• sarva-sevyaḥ: worthy of service by all
• sarva-sevyaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण/apposition)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + sevya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; तत्पुरुष: sarvaiḥ sevyaḥ (‘to be served by all’)

• satām: of the good people
• satām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; ‘of the good/virtuous’

• gatiḥ: refuge; goal
• gatiḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण/predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; predicate/appositional noun

Speaker

An elder/guide figure addressing Pārvatī within the Pārvatīkhaṇḍa narrative (Rudra Saṃhitā)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse establishes Śiva as the supreme Pati (Lord) and compassionate bestower of anugraha (grace), teaching that steady seva-bhakti to Śaṅkara leads the sādhaka toward satām gati—the ultimate refuge and liberation.

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

Calling Śaṅkara “sarva-sevyaḥ” supports Saguna upāsanā—devotional service to Shiva as approachable Lord—commonly expressed through Liṅga worship, where the devotee offers reverence to the compassionate Prabhu who grants grace to the distressed.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It implies daily Shiva-sevā: offering water and bilva to the Liṅga, japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), and cultivating humility and compassion—aligning one’s life with service to the grace-giving Lord.