Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 30

कामप्रादुर्भावः — The Manifestation/Arising of Kāma

Devanagari script

तं वीक्ष्य पुरुषं सर्वे दक्षाद्या मत्सुताश्च ते । औत्सुक्यं परमं जग्मुर्विस्मयाविष्टमानसाः

Transliteration

taṃ vīkṣya puruṣaṃ sarve dakṣādyā matsutāśca te | autsukyaṃ paramaṃ jagmurvismayāviṣṭamānasāḥ

Translation

见到那位崇高的普鲁沙，众人——达克沙等以及我的诸女——皆为惊奇所摄，心神沉入赞叹之中，充满了至高的渴慕与热切。

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-रूपम्

• वीक्ष्य: having seen
• वीक्ष्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √īkṣ (ईक्ष्) + vi- (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having seen’

• पुरुषम्: the person
• पुरुषम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम्

• दक्ष-आद्याः: Dakṣa and others
• दक्ष-आद्याः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; ‘दक्षः आदिः येषाम्’ (dakṣa as first among them)

• मत्-सुताः: my sons
• मत्-सुताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mat (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक, षष्ठी-समर्थ) + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative): ‘मम सुताः’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम-रूपम् (appositional to ‘sarve’)

• औत्सुक्यम्: eagerness
• औत्सुक्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: autsukya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• परमम्: supreme, great
• परमम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘autsukyam’)

• जग्मुः: went/attained
• जग्मुः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्) (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• विस्मय-आविष्ट-मानसाः: whose minds were seized by wonder
• विस्मय-आविष्ट-मानसाः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vismaya (प्रातिपदिक) + āviṣṭa (√viś + ā, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त) + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; बहुव्रीहिः: ‘विस्मयेन आविष्टं मानसं येषाम्’

Speaker

Brahmā (narrating within the Rudrasaṃhitā, Satīkhaṇḍa context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Characters & Entities

• Daksha

FAQs

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

The verse highlights how true darśana of a divinely radiant being naturally awakens vismaya (sacred awe) and autsukya (ardent longing). In a Shaiva frame, such wonder loosens worldly fixation and turns the mind toward Pati (the Lord) as the highest object of contemplation.

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

Their amazement and eagerness show the mind’s movement toward saguna-upāsanā—approaching the Lord through a perceivable form. Linga-worship similarly trains attention and devotion through reverent ‘seeing’ (darśana) and inner absorption.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Cultivate darśana-bhāva: take the Lord’s form (Śiva-liṅga or Śiva’s icon) as the focus, recite the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and let the mind rest in steady, awe-filled attention rather than distraction.