Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 35

गिरिजातपः-परीक्षा तथा सप्तर्षि-आह्वानम्

Girijā’s Austerity-Test and the Summoning of the Seven Sages

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा कुपितो दक्षः पित्राश्वासितमानसः । उत्पाद्य पुत्रान्प्रायुंक्त सहस्रप्रमितांस्ततः

Transliteration

tacchrutvā kupito dakṣaḥ pitrāśvāsitamānasaḥ | utpādya putrānprāyuṃkta sahasrapramitāṃstataḥ

Translation

听闻此事，达克沙大怒；然而在父亲安慰之言下，他的心又得以安定。其后他生出诸子，并将他们遣出——数目达一千。

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म/Object of 'śrutvā')
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'that (news/thing)'

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (gerund/absolutive): 'having heard'

• कुपितः: angry
• कुपितः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुपित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-भाव from कुप्)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of 'दक्षः')

• दक्षः: Dakṣa
• दक्षः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पित्रा-आश्वासित-मानसः: whose mind was consoled by (his) father
• पित्रा-आश्वासित-मानसः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्वासित (आ-श्वस् धातु, क्त) + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-तत्पुरुष/बहुपद-समास: 'पित्रा आश्वासितं मानसं यस्य' (mind consoled by father); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of 'दक्षः')

• उत्पाद्य: having produced
• उत्पाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√पद्/उत्पादय् (धातु; causative of पद्/जन)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (gerund): 'having produced/created'

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• प्रायुंक्त: appointed/engaged/sent forth
• प्रायुंक्त: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-युज् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सहस्र-प्रमितान्: numbering a thousand
• सहस्र-प्रमितान्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रमित (मा धातु, क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: 'सहस्रेण प्रमिताः' (measured as a thousand / numbering a thousand); पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of 'पुत्रान्')

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् (then/thereupon)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Characters & Entities

• Daksha

FAQs

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

The verse highlights how anger and wounded pride (a form of pasha/bondage) can propel worldly action, while even a temporary calming influence cannot by itself purify the root ego—only alignment with Shiva’s order (Pati) and dharma leads toward release.

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

Daksha’s agitation foreshadows conflict born of ritualistic pride; Linga/Saguna-Shiva worship in the Purana is repeatedly presented as devotion with humility—where ritual is sanctified by surrender rather than by self-importance.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to pacify anger through japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and cultivating inner restraint before undertaking major actions, so karma is guided by devotion rather than impulse.