Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 7

पार्वतीवाक्यं—शिवस्य परब्रह्मत्व-निरूपणम्

Pārvatī’s Discourse: Establishing Śiva as Parabrahman

Devanagari script

स सर्वासां हि विद्यानामधिष्ठानं सदाशिवः । किं तस्य विद्यया कार्य्यं पूर्णस्य परमात्मनः

Transliteration

sa sarvāsāṃ hi vidyānāmadhiṣṭhānaṃ sadāśivaḥ | kiṃ tasya vidyayā kāryyaṃ pūrṇasya paramātmanaḥ

Translation

确然，常住吉祥的萨达希瓦（Sadāśiva）是一切学识之所依、所立。那自性圆满的至上我（Paramātman），又何须以知识为手段？

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वासाम्: of all
• सर्वासाम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषण (विद्यानाम् qualifies)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/निश्चयार्थक निपात (particle: indeed/for)

• विद्यानाम्: of knowledges/branches of learning
• विद्यानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• अधिष्ठानम्: the foundation/support
• अधिष्ठानम्: Predicative/Complement (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधिष्ठान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

• सदाशिवः: Sadāśiva
• सदाशिवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदा (अव्यय) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संज्ञा; कर्मधारय (सदा शिवः = ever-auspicious)

• किम्: what
• किम्: Prashna (प्रश्न)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक (here: what use?)

• तस्य: for him/of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विद्यया: with/by knowledge
• विद्यया: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• कार्य्यम्: need/use; task
• कार्य्यम्: Predicative/Complement (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; (here: predicate/thing to be done)

• पूर्णस्य: of the complete
• पूर्णस्य: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण (परमात्मनः qualifies)

• परमात्मनः: of the Supreme Self
• परमात्मनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; संज्ञा; कर्मधारय (परमः आत्मा = Supreme Self)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Sadashiva
• Shiva

FAQs

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

It establishes Sadāśiva as the ultimate substratum of all knowledge, implying that all learning is dependent on Him, while He—as the Pati, the perfect Supreme Self—depends on nothing for completeness.

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

Linga-worship points the devotee to Shiva as the formless foundation behind all names and forms; by honoring Saguna Shiva in the Linga, one recognizes that even sacred knowledge arises from Sadāśiva, not the other way around.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Treat japa and meditation as remembrance of the Source of all vidyā—regular Panchākṣarī japa ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") with steady contemplation that Shiva is the inner support of all understanding.