Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 12

प्रस्थान-विरह-विलापः

Departure and Lament in Separation

Devanagari script

तदा विप्राः समागत्य बोधयामासुरादरात् । लग्नन्निवेदयामासुर्यात्रायास्सुखदम्परम्

Transliteration

tadā viprāḥ samāgatya bodhayāmāsurādarāt | lagnannivedayāmāsuryātrāyāssukhadamparam

Translation

Bấy giờ các vị Bà-la-môn cùng tụ hội, cung kính đến báo tin và đánh thức. Họ loan báo rằng giờ lành đã tới—một thời khắc tốt đẹp, đem niềm vui cho việc khởi hành lên đường.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• विप्राः: brahmins
• विप्राः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तृपद

• समागत्य: having assembled
• समागत्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया/Gerund)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; 'having come together'

• बोधयामासुः: they informed
• बोधयामासुः: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: 'caused to know/informed')

• आदरात्: out of respect
• आदरात्: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ पञ्चमी (ablative of cause: 'out of respect')

• लग्नम्: the fixed/appointed (time)
• लग्नम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लग्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying an implied noun like 'muhūrta'/'time')

• निवेदयामासुः: they announced
• निवेदयामासुः: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-विद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: 'announced/reported')

• यात्रायाः: of the procession/journey
• यात्रायाः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• सुखदम्: happiness-giving
• सुखदम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (sukha-dam: 'giving happiness'); विशेषण

• परम्: very great; excellent
• परम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (intensifier: 'supreme/very')

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Brahmanas

FAQs

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

The verse highlights dharmic order: learned brāhmaṇas guide devotees by announcing the proper auspicious time, showing that spiritual acts like yātrā and worship should be done with reverence, right intention, and sacred timing.

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

In Saguna Shiva worship, outer disciplines—proper muhurta, purity, and guided ritual—support inner bhakti; beginning a yātrā at an auspicious lagna is treated as aligning one’s action with Shiva’s grace-governed cosmic order.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It suggests beginning worship or pilgrimage at an auspicious muhurta after receiving guidance from qualified priests/elders, and setting out with devotional remembrance—such as mentally repeating the Panchakshara mantra, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” at the start of the yātrā.