Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 60

नन्दाव्रत-समाप्तिः तथा शङ्करस्य प्रत्यक्ष-दर्शनम्

Completion of the Nandā-vrata and Śiva’s Direct Appearance

Devanagari script

तव पुत्री समाराध्य महादेवं जगत्पतिम् । यो वरः प्रार्थितस्तस्य समयोयमुपागतः

Transliteration

tava putrī samārādhya mahādevaṃ jagatpatim | yo varaḥ prārthitastasya samayoyamupāgataḥ

Translation

“你的女儿已如法敬拜大天（摩诃提婆）——宇宙之主——并得其恩宠。如今，所祈求的赐福之时已然到来。”

Word by Word

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पुत्री: daughter
• पुत्री: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• समाराध्य: having worshipped
• समाराध्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + राध् (धातु) → समाराध्य (कृदन्त, ल्यप्/त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्ययभाव कृदन्त (gerund); ‘having worshipped/propitiated’

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva
• महादेवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय ‘the great god’

• जगत्-पतिम्: lord of the world
• जगत्-पतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘lord of the world’

• यः: which/that (he)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• वरः: boon
• वरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रार्थितः: was requested
• प्रार्थितः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अर्थ् (धातु) → प्रार्थित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे ‘was requested’

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

• समयः: time
• समयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (demonstrative)

• उपागतः: has arrived
• उपागतः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + आ + गम् (धातु) → उपागत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘has arrived’ (agreeing with समयः)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Satī narrative to the sages, conveying the dialogue contextually)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Satī

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Mahadeva

FAQs

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

It affirms a core Shaiva teaching: sincere and proper worship (samārādhana) of Pati—Mahādeva, the Lord of the universe—ripens into grace, and that grace manifests as the timely fruition of the devotee’s prayer.

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

The verse highlights accessible Saguna worship—approaching Mahādeva as jagatpati (personal Lord). In Purāṇic practice, this devotion is commonly expressed through Linga-upāsanā, where prayer and offering become the means for receiving Shiva’s anugraha (grace).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The implied practice is steady bhakti with proper upacāras—such as Linga worship with water/flowers, japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), and disciplined observance—until the “appointed time” when the फल (result) of worship matures.