Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 43

पार्वत्याः यात्रासंस्कारः तथा पातिव्रत्योपदेशः / Preparations for Girijā’s Auspicious Journey and the Teaching on Pātivratya

Devanagari script

विधेर्विष्णोर्हराद्वापि पतिरेकोधिको मतः । पतिव्रताया देवेशि स्वपतिश्शिव एव च

Transliteration

vidherviṣṇorharādvāpi patirekodhiko mataḥ | pativratāyā deveśi svapatiśśiva eva ca

Translation

即便在梵天（制定者）、毗湿奴或哈罗（Hara）之中，也认为唯有“丈夫”是一切之上。噢女神啊，对守贞奉夫的妻子而言，她自己的丈夫确然就是湿婆（Śiva）本身。

Word by Word

• vidheḥ: of Brahmā (Vidhi)
• vidheḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (6th/Genitive), Ekavacana

• viṣṇoḥ: of Viṣṇu
• viṣṇoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti, Ekavacana

• harāt: from Hara (Śiva)
• harāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Pañcamī vibhakti (5th/Ablative), Ekavacana

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: Vikalpa (disjunctive particle)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; inclusive/emphatic

• patiḥ: husband
• patiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana

• eka-adhikaḥ: superior (by far)
• eka-adhikaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka + adhika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘one-more/superior’ (एकेन अधिकः) qualifying patiḥ

• mataḥ: is considered
• mataḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: man (धातु)
• Form: Kta-pratyaya past passive participle (क्त), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; used predicatively ‘is considered’

• pativratāyāḥ: of the devoted wife
• pativratāyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati + vratā (प्रातिपदिक; पति + व्रता)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (6th/Genitive), Ekavacana; ‘of a devoted wife’

• deveśi: O goddess-lady
• deveśi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Sambodhana (Vocative), Ekavacana

• sva-patiḥ: one’s own husband
• sva-patiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; karmadhāraya ‘one’s own husband’

• śivaḥ: Śiva
• śivaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; in apposition to sva-patiḥ

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa (emphatic particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati
• Brahma
• Vishnu
• Hara

FAQs

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

It teaches that for a pativratā, devotion to one’s rightful husband becomes a sacred discipline in which the husband is revered as a manifestation of Śiva—the supreme Pati—thus sanctifying worldly duty as a path of bhakti and inner purity.

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

It frames Saguna-Śiva worship as present within daily life: honoring Śiva through reverence, service, and devotion performed with the same attitude as worship before the Liṅga—seeing the Lord’s presence in one’s ordained relationship and duties.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice bhāva (devotional contemplation): mentally offer daily actions as pūjā to Śiva, repeat the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and maintain purity and steadiness of conduct as the core observance.