Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 50

पार्वत्याः पितृगृहगमनं तथा मङ्गलस्वागतम् | Pārvatī’s Return to Her Father’s House and the Auspicious Welcome

Devanagari script

एवं बहूनि रूपाणि तस्य तत्र ददर्श सः । सुविस्मितो बभूवाशु परमानन्दसंयुतः

Transliteration

evaṃ bahūni rūpāṇi tasya tatra dadarśa saḥ | suvismito babhūvāśu paramānandasaṃyutaḥ

Translation

于是，就在那处，他见到那位主宰的诸多形相。顷刻之间，他惊叹不已，充满至上大乐，被湿婆多重显现的吉祥圣观所淹没。

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• bahūni: many
• bahūni: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• rūpāṇi: forms
• rūpāṇi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• tasya: of him/its
• tasya: Sambandha/Śeṣa (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी-शेष)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (genitive)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• dadarśa: saw
• dadarśa: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• su-vismitaḥ: very astonished
• su-vismitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + vismita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle) from √smi (विस्मि/स्मि) with vi-; अव्ययीभाव: su (very) + vismita (astonished)

• babhūva: became
• babhūva: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• āśu: quickly
• āśu: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• parama-ānanda-saṃyutaḥ: endowed with supreme bliss
• parama-ānanda-saṃyutaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama + ānanda + saṃyuta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (instrumental/associative sense): parama-ānanda (supreme bliss) + saṃyuta (joined/endowed), भूतकृदन्त from √yuj (युज्) with sam-

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse highlights that encountering Śiva’s countless manifestations awakens vismaya (sacred awe) and culminates in paramānanda—an inner confirmation that the Lord’s grace can transform perception into liberating bliss.

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

It supports Saguna-upāsanā: the devotee beholds the Lord in many approachable forms. In Shaiva Siddhānta, such form-based devotion steadies the mind and becomes a gateway to realizing Śiva’s higher, transcendent nature.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice dhyāna on Śiva’s auspicious forms (with japa of “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and cultivate reverent wonder; let the mind rest in the bliss born of darśana rather than in mere intellectual analysis.