Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 10

मेना-हिमालयसंवादः

Menā’s Counsel to Himālaya; Response to Slander of Śiva

Devanagari script

अरुन्धती तथाऽऽयाता साक्षात्सिद्धिरिवापरा । तान्द्रष्ट्वा सूर्यसंकाशान्विजहौ स्वजपं हरः

Transliteration

arundhatī tathā''yātā sākṣātsiddhirivāparā | tāndraṣṭvā sūryasaṃkāśānvijahau svajapaṃ haraḥ

Translation

随后，阿伦达蒂也来到，宛如另一位悉地（成就）化身。哈拉（主湿婆）见那些众者光辉灿然、如日照耀，便暂停自身的持咒念诵，将其暂置一旁。

Word by Word

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

• तथा: thus, also
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘thus/also’

• आयाता: arrived, came
• आयाता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकाले कृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having come/arrived’

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

• सिद्धिः: a Siddhi (personified attainment)
• सिद्धिः: Upamāna/Upameya-bhāva (उपमेय/Predicative noun in simile)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इव: like, as if
• इव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Comparative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमावाचक-निपात (particle of comparison)

• अपरा: another, second
• अपरा: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘सिद्धिः’/‘अरुन्धती’)

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (कर्म/Object) of ‘द्रष्ट्वा’
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• द्रष्ट्वा: having seen
• द्रष्ट्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया/Anterior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा/अव्ययभाव)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having seen’

• सूर्य-संकाशान्: sun-like, radiant as the sun
• सूर्य-संकाशान्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + संकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (उपमान-निर्देशक: ‘सूर्यस्य संकाशः’), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘तान्’ इति विशेषण

• विजहौ: abandoned, gave up
• विजहौ: Kriyā (क्रिया/Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-हा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्व-जपम्: his own muttering/prayer (japa)
• स्व-जपम्: Karma (कर्म/Object) of ‘विजहौ’
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + जप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘स्वस्य जपः’), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Arundhati

FAQs

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

The verse highlights the magnetic sanctity of perfected beings (siddhas) and the presence of Arundhatī, whose purity resembles a living Siddhi; even Śiva, absorbed in japa, marks their arrival—showing that true spiritual radiance is recognized and honored in dharmic order.

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

Śiva is addressed as Hara, the personal (saguṇa) Lord who engages in japa and participates in divine līlā; it affirms that devotion and mantra-practice belong within the living relationship with Śiva, the very source of all siddhis and the inner reality of Liṅga-worship.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The verse foregrounds mantra-japa as a central sādhana; the takeaway is steady repetition of Śiva-mantra (especially the Pañcākṣarī), combined with attentiveness and reverence toward saints and spiritually luminous company (satsaṅga).