Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 25

घनागमवर्णनम् / Description of the Monsoon’s Onset

Satī’s Address to Śiva

Devanagari script

कैलासस्य तथा देवि पादगाः प्रायशो घनाः । संचरंति न गच्छंति तत ऊर्द्ध्वं कदाचन

Transliteration

kailāsasya tathā devi pādagāḥ prāyaśo ghanāḥ | saṃcaraṃti na gacchaṃti tata ūrddhvaṃ kadācana

Translation

噢女神，在迦罗娑山周围，溪流多而丰沛；它们奔流回旋，却从未在任何时候向上越过那处境界。

Word by Word

• kailāsasya: of Kailāsa
• kailāsasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kailāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive, 6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), अर्थः—thus/likewise

• devi: O देवी
• devi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• pāda-gāḥ: pedestrians / those who go on foot
• pāda-gāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक) + ga (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √gam धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), बहुवचन (Plural); उपपद-तत्पुरुष (upapada tatpuruṣa) अर्थः—'पादं गच्छन्ति' = foot-going (pedestrians)

• prāyaśaḥ: mostly
• prāyaśaḥ: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prāyaśas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), अर्थः—mostly/for the most part

• ghanāḥ: dense / thick (in number)
• ghanāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifying pāda-gāḥ)

• saṃcaranti: move about
• saṃcaranti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-car (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• gacchanti: go
• gacchanti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• tataḥ: from there / beyond that
• tataḥ: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), अपादानार्थ/देशार्थ (from there/thereafter)

• ūrdhvam: upwards / higher
• ūrdhvam: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ūrdhva (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: दिशावाचक-अव्यय (directional adverb)

• kadācana: ever / at any time
• kadācana: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācana (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time), अर्थः—ever/at any time (usually with negation)

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Satī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati
• Kailasa

FAQs

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

The verse highlights Kailāsa as a uniquely ordered, sacred realm under Shiva’s lordship, where even nature follows a higher divine law—suggesting that proximity to Shiva brings harmony, restraint, and sanctity.

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

Kailāsa is portrayed as Shiva’s manifest (saguṇa) abode, reinforcing devotional focus on Shiva as the living Lord who governs creation; Linga-worship similarly trains the mind to dwell steadily in Shiva’s presence rather than wander outward.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is dhyāna on Kailāsa and Shiva with steady japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), cultivating inward ‘non-wandering’ of the mind, like the waters that do not pass beyond their sacred boundary.