Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 36

तारकपीडितदेवशरणागतिḥ — The Devas Seek Refuge from Tāraka

Devanagari script

स्थानं गत्वाथ दैत्यस्य तमहं तारकं ततः । निवारयिष्ये कुहठात्स्वस्थानं गच्छतामराः

Transliteration

sthānaṃ gatvātha daityasya tamahaṃ tārakaṃ tataḥ | nivārayiṣye kuhaṭhātsvasthānaṃ gacchatāmarāḥ

Translation

既至彼魔之处，我将制止那多罗迦的邪恶顽固。诸神啊，各自归返本宫。

Word by Word

• स्थानम्: place
• स्थानम्: Karma (कर्म/Object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriyā (क्रिया/Absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Sequencer)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), अनन्तरार्थक

• दैत्यस्य: of the demon
• दैत्यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तारकम्: Tāraka
• तारकम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेष्य (appositive to तम्)

• ततः: thereafter/then
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Then-thereafter)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), तदनन्तर/तस्मात्

• निवारयिष्ये: I will restrain/stop
• निवारयिष्ये: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√वृ (धातु) [णिच्]
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कुहठात्: out of foolishness
• कुहठात्: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुहठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative) एकवचन-रूपेण अव्ययवत्; हेत्वर्थक (from/through folly)

• स्व-स्थानम्: to your own place
• स्व-स्थानम्: Karma (कर्म/Object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (one's own place)

• गच्छत: go
• गच्छत: Kriyā (क्रिया/Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• अमराः: O immortals (gods)
• अमराः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा (Vocative/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे

Speaker

Pārvatī (addressing the Devas)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Parvati
• Tāraka
• Devas (Amarāḥ)

FAQs

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

The verse highlights divine guardianship of dharma: the Goddess takes responsibility to restrain adharma (symbolized by Tāraka’s stubborn evil), teaching that grace actively removes obstacles when devotees and devas align with righteous order.

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

Though the verse speaks through Pārvatī, it reflects Saguna Shiva-tattva in action—Shiva’s śakti operates in the world to subdue demonic tendencies; devotees worship the Liṅga with the understanding that Pati (Shiva) and Śakti together protect and restore dharma.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to seek protection and inner restraint through japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and prayer to Śiva–Pārvatī, cultivating self-control (nigraha) over one’s own ‘stubbornness’ and harmful impulses.