Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 5

वसन्त-प्रभावः तथा काम-उद्दीपन-वर्णनम् | Spring’s Influence and the Arousal of Kāma

Devanagari script

कैरवाणि च पुष्पाणि भ्रमराकलितानि च । बभूबुर्मदनावेशकराणि च विशेषतः

Transliteration

kairavāṇi ca puṣpāṇi bhramarākalitāni ca | babhūburmadanāveśakarāṇi ca viśeṣataḥ

Translation

洁白如莲的凯罗婆花，群蜂簇拥，尤为显著地成了引动众生心中爱欲迷醉之因。

Word by Word

• कैरवाणि: white-lotus (kairava)
• कैरवाणि: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कैरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; पुष्पाणि इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• पुष्पाणि: flowers
• पुष्पाणि: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• भ्रमर-आकलितानि: covered/filled with bees
• भ्रमर-आकलितानि: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भ्रमर (प्रातिपदिक) + आकलित (कृदन्त; √कल्/√कलित् (धातु) + आ)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; पुष्पाणि इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• बभूवुः: became/were
• बभूवुः: Kriya (क्रिया/verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मदन-आवेश-कराणि: causing Cupid’s passion/possession
• मदन-आवेश-कराणि: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदन (प्रातिपदिक) + आवेश (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; पुष्पाणि इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Madana (Kama/Cupid)
• Bhramara (bees)
• Kairava (white water-lily)

FAQs

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

The verse portrays how the outer world (flowers, bees, fragrance) can awaken powerful inner movements; in a Shaiva Siddhanta lens, such stirring is meant to be refined from mere desire into devotion that turns the mind toward Shiva—the supreme Pati—rather than binding it to transient pleasure.

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

By showing nature intensifying emotion, the text hints at channeling heightened feeling into Saguna Shiva-upasana—offering flowers and fragrant worship to the Shiva-Linga—so the same force that agitates the heart becomes a vehicle for concentrated bhakti and reverence.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Offer fresh, sattvic flowers with mindful repetition of the Panchakshara mantra (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), observing how desire arises and gently redirecting it into devotion and japa-focused meditation on Shiva.