Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 62

वीरभद्र–देवयुद्धवर्णनम्

Vīrabhadra and the Battle with the Devas

Devanagari script

रेजे तदा वीरभद्रस्त्रिशूलं भ्रामयन्करे । क्रुद्धा रणाक्षसंवर्ताः प्रज्वाल्य पर्वतोपमाः

Transliteration

reje tadā vīrabhadrastriśūlaṃ bhrāmayankare | kruddhā raṇākṣasaṃvartāḥ prajvālya parvatopamāḥ

Translation

Bấy giờ Vīrabhadra rực sáng, tay xoay chuyển cây tam xoa. Trong cơn phẫn nộ, những lực lượng hung mãnh như chiến quỷ bùng cháy—sừng sững như núi, mang uy thế kinh hoàng như ngày tận diệt thế gian.

Word by Word

• reje: shone, blazed
• reje: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √rāj (राज् धातु)
• Form: Liṭ-lakāra (perfect), Ātmanepada, Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण/time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Kāla-avyaya (temporal adverb)

• vīrabhadraḥ: Vīrabhadra
• vīrabhadraḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīrabhadra (वीरभद्र-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• triśūlam: trident
• triśūlam: Karma (कर्म/object with bhrāmayan)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (त्रि-प्रातिपदिक) + śūla (शूल-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvigu-samāsa (numerical): tri-śūlam; Napuṃsakaliṅga (neuter), Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• bhrāmayan: whirling
• bhrāmayan: Karta (कर्ता/agent participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhram (भ्रम् धातु)
• Form: Śatṛ-pratyaya (present active participle), Parasmaipada; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; agreeing with vīrabhadraḥ

• kare: in (his) hand
• kare: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kara (कर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī vibhakti (locative, 7th), Ekavacana

• kruddhāḥ: enraged
• kruddhāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kruddha (प्रातिपदिक; from √krudh, क्रुध्)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; adjective for raṇākṣasaṃvartāḥ

• raṇa-ākṣasa-saṃvartāḥ: (those who were) destroyers of battle-demons / battle-demon annihilators
• raṇa-ākṣasa-saṃvartāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raṇa (रण-प्रातिपदिक) + ākṣasa (आक्षस/आक्षस-प्रातिपदिक, 'demon') + saṃvarta (संवर्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (determinative; multi-member): raṇe ākṣasānāṃ saṃvartāḥ / raṇākṣasa-saṃvartāḥ; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• prajvālya: having kindled, blazing forth
• prajvālya: Kriyā (क्रिया/gerundial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√jval (ज्वल् धातु)
• Form: Ktvā-pratyaya (absolutive/gerund) in lyap form; pūrvakāla-kriyā

• parvata-upamāḥ: mountain-like
• parvata-upamāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/modifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parvata (पर्वत-प्रातिपदिक) + upamā (उपमा-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (comparison): parvatena upamāḥ; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; adjective for raṇākṣasa-saṃvartāḥ

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmi (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Vīrabhadra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Satī

Role: destructive

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: saṃvarta (pralaya-imagery invoked as a simile for wrath)

Characters & Entities

• Vīrabhadra

FAQs

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

It portrays Rudra’s śakti manifesting as Vīrabhadra: not mere anger, but dharmic correction—dissolving egoistic sacrificial pride and restoring reverence to Pati (Shiva), the supreme Lord.

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

Vīrabhadra is a Saguna expression of Shiva’s governance (niyati) and protection; worship of the Liṅga trains the devotee to honor Shiva beyond outward ritual display, preventing the “Dakṣa-like” error of excluding the Divine.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as the inner ruler while chanting the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” offering bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) and cultivating humility—so one’s actions become yajña aligned with Shiva rather than ego.