Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 58

शिवपुत्रजननवर्णनम् — Description of the Birth/Manifestation of Śiva’s Son

Devanagari script

ताः षड् मुनिस्त्रियो मोहाद्धठात्तत्र गता मुने । स्वशीतविनिवृत्त्यर्थं मोहिताः शिवमायया

Transliteration

tāḥ ṣaḍ munistriyo mohāddhaṭhāttatra gatā mune | svaśītavinivṛttyarthaṃ mohitāḥ śivamāyayā

Translation

圣者啊，那六位仙人之妻因迷惑而骤然前往彼处；为求解除自身寒冷，她们被湿婆的摩耶所迷。

Word by Word

• tāḥ: those (women)
• tāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्

• ṣaṭ: six
• ṣaṭ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣ (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनस्य विशेषणम् (indeclinable-like numeral form)

• muni-striyaḥ: wives of sages
• muni-striyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘मुनेः स्त्रियः’); स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्

• mohāt: from delusion
• mohāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: moha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे पञ्चमी एकवचनम्; ablative of cause

• haṭhāt: suddenly
• haṭhāt: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: haṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे पञ्चमी एकवचनम्; adverbial ablative ‘suddenly/forcibly’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• gatāḥ: went / having gone
• gatāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gam (धातु) > gata (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; ‘having gone’

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन एकवचनम्

• sva-śīta-vinivṛtti-artham: for the removal of their own cold
• sva-śīta-vinivṛtti-artham: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + śīta (प्रातिपदिक) + vinivṛtti (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाससमूहः; मुख्यतः चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुष/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे ‘स्वस्य शीतस्य विनिवृत्त्यर्थम्’; नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (उद्देश्य/प्रयोजन)

• mohitāḥ: deluded
• mohitāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: muh (धातु) > mohita (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्

• śiva-māyayā: by Śiva’s māyā (illusion)
• śiva-māyayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + māyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘शिवस्य माया’); स्त्रीलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम्

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse highlights that worldly impulses and even seemingly practical motives can become occasions for delusion; Śiva’s māyā reveals how the bound soul (paśu) is easily veiled by circumstance, urging discernment and devotion toward Pati (Śiva) for liberation.

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

By showing Śiva as the Lord of māyā who governs experience, it supports Saguna Śiva worship—approaching Śiva (often as the Liṅga) with bhakti and purity to be guided beyond भ्रम (delusion) into clarity and grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to counter delusion with japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and disciplined purity (śauca), using steady remembrance of Śiva to cool the mind’s agitation and regain inner clarity.