Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 40

पूर्वगतिवर्णनम् (Pūrvagati-varṇana) — “Description of the Prior Course / Earlier Lineage Account”

Devanagari script

कलावतीसुता राधा साक्षाद्गोलोकवासिनी । गुप्तस्नेहनिबद्धा सा कृष्णपत्नी भविष्यति

Transliteration

kalāvatīsutā rādhā sākṣādgolokavāsinī | guptasnehanibaddhā sā kṛṣṇapatnī bhaviṣyati

Translation

迦罗伐蒂之女罗陀，确为果洛迦的住者。因隐秘的爱恋之系而相缚，她将成为克里希那之妻。

Word by Word

• कलावती-सुता: daughter of Kalāvatī
• कलावती-सुता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलावती (प्रातिपदिक) + सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative): 'कलावत्याः सुता'

• राधा: Rādhā
• राधा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• साक्षात्: directly, manifestly
• साक्षात्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Adverbial qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• गोलोक-वासिनी: dweller in Goloka
• गोलोक-वासिनी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोलोक (प्रातिपदिक) + वासिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (locative determinative): 'गोलोके वसति'

• गुप्त-स्नेह-निबद्धा: bound by hidden affection
• गुप्त-स्नेह-निबद्धा: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुप्त (प्रातिपदिक) + स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक) + निबद्ध (कृदन्त; नि√बन्ध् धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) 'निबद्धा' = 'bound'; पूर्वपदसमासः: 'गुप्तः स्नेहः' (karmadhāraya) + तत्पुरुषः 'गुप्तस्नेहेन निबद्धा' (instrumental sense)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• कृष्ण-पत्नी: Kṛṣṇa's wife
• कृष्ण-पत्नी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: 'कृष्णस्य पत्नी'

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Radha
• Kalavati
• Goloka
• Krishna

FAQs

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

It presents destiny (bhāgya/daiva) and divine relationship as operating through subtle inner bonds (gupta-sneha), reminding the seeker that unseen karmic and devotional ties shape outward events.

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

Though the verse speaks of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, the Shiva Purana’s broader Shaiva frame treats such saguna narratives as aids to devotion; the same principle applies in Linga worship—form-based reverence steadies the mind and turns it toward the Supreme Lord (Śiva) as Pati.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on purity of devotion and inner intention; as a Shaiva takeaway, stabilize the mind with japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) while cultivating sincere, non-display (gupta) bhakti.