Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 34

स्वप्नवर्णनपूर्वकं संक्षेपशिवचरितवर्णनम् / Dream-Portents and a Concise Account of Śiva’s Career

Devanagari script

ततः कालेन कियता विनाश्य गिरिजामदम् । प्रसादितस्सुतपसा प्रसन्नोऽभून्महेश्वरः

Transliteration

tataḥ kālena kiyatā vināśya girijāmadam | prasāditassutapasā prasanno'bhūnmaheśvaraḥ

Translation

随后，时日既久，摩诃提婆消除了吉利迦（帕尔瓦蒂）的傲慢。因她高贵的苦行而得以安抚、心生欢喜，摩诃伊湿伐罗遂对她慈和垂恩。

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• कालेन: by/with time
• कालेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• कियता: by how much (after some)
• कियता: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कियत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (to 'कालेन')

• विनाश्य: having destroyed
• विनाश्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + नश् (धातु) → विनाश्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• गिरिजा-मदम्: Pārvatī’s pride
• गिरिजा-मदम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिजा (प्रातिपदिक) + मद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गिरिजायाः मदः)

• प्रसादितः: propitiated/pleased
• प्रसादितः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + सद् (धातु) → प्रसादित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (to 'महेश्वरः')

• सु-तपसा: by great austerity
• सु-तपसा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्गवत्) + तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषणपूर्वपद (good/arduous austerity)

• प्रसन्नः: gracious/pleased
• प्रसन्नः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (to 'महेश्वरः')

• अभूत्: became/was
• अभूत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महेश्वरः: Maheśvara (Great Lord)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmī

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It teaches that ego (mada) is a primary obstacle to union with Pati (Śiva), and that sincere tapas performed with humility ripens into Śiva’s prasāda—His liberating grace.

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

Maheśvara becoming “prasanna” reflects Saguna Śiva’s responsive grace to devotion and discipline; in Linga-worship, this is mirrored by steady abhiṣeka, japa, and vrata that purify pride and draw the Lord’s favor.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Adopt su-tapas in a Shaiva way: daily Panchākṣarī japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), simple vrata/fasting (especially on Mondays or Mahāśivarātri), and worship with humility—optionally with bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa as aids to steadiness.