Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 36

देवस्तुतिः—शिवस्य परब्रह्मत्वं, मायाशक्तिः, कर्मफलप्रदातृत्वं च

Devas’ Hymn: Śiva as Parabrahman, Māyā-Śakti, and Giver of Karmic Fruits

Devanagari script

उग्रोसि सर्वदुष्टानां नियंतासि शिवोसि नः । कालकूटाशिने तुभ्यं देवाद्यवन कारिणे

Transliteration

ugrosi sarvaduṣṭānāṃ niyaṃtāsi śivosi naḥ | kālakūṭāśine tubhyaṃ devādyavana kāriṇe

Translation

你对一切恶者威猛无比，是制伏不义的至上约束者；你是我们吉祥的主——湿婆。顶礼于你：吞饮迦罗俱吒（Kālakūṭa）毒的圣者，护持诸天与一切众生免受伤害。

Word by Word

• उग्रः: fierce
• उग्रः: कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध (कर्ता/Subject-predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• असि: you are
• असि: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• सर्वदुष्टानाम्: of all the wicked
• सर्वदुष्टानाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-दुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + दुष्ट)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (of whom)

• नियन्ता: controller, restrainer
• नियन्ता: कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध (कर्ता/Subject-predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नि-यम् (धातु) + तृ (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तृन्त्-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• असि: you are
• असि: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• शिवः: Śiva, auspicious one
• शिवः: कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध (कर्ता/Subject-predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम (epithet)

• असि: you are
• असि: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• नः: of us, our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) बहुवचन-रूप (enclitic); ‘our/of us’

• कालकूटाशिने: to the consumer of Kālakūṭa poison
• कालकूटाशिने: सम्प्रदान (चतुर्थी/Dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालकूट-अशिन् (प्रातिपदिक; कालकूट + अशिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; ‘कालकूटम् अश्नाति’ इति (one who consumed Kālakūṭa)

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: सम्प्रदान (Dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• देवाद्यवनकारिणे: to the doer of (acts for) the gods and others
• देवाद्यवनकारिणे: सम्प्रदान (Dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-अद्यवन-कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक; देव + अद्यवन + कारिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; कारिन्-प्रातिपदिक (doer/agent)

Speaker

Devas (gods), offering praise to Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Nīlakaṇṭha

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: The epithet Kālakūṭāśin recalls Śiva’s grace in the churning of the ocean (samudra-manthana): he drinks the halāhala poison to save devas and beings, holding it in his throat (hence Nīlakaṇṭha/Śrīkaṇṭha).

Significance: Meditation on Nīlakaṇṭha emphasizes Śiva as the compassionate protector who absorbs the world’s toxicity (pāśa) and grants fearlessness to devotees.

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: उग्रोसि सर्वदुष्टानां नियंतासि शिवोसि नः । कालकूटाशिने तुभ्यं देवाद्यवन कारिणे

Type: stotra

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Samudra-manthana; halāhala/Kālakūṭa poison consumed by Śiva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Devas

FAQs

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

The verse presents Śiva as both Ugra (the force that restrains adharma) and Śiva (the bestower of auspiciousness), teaching that divine grace protects the bound soul (paśu) by removing threats—outer and inner—through the Lord’s sovereign control (pati-tattva).

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

By praising Śiva’s protective, personal deeds—especially drinking Kālakūṭa—it supports Saguna worship, where devotees approach the Liṅga as the living presence of Śiva who absorbs toxicity (sin, suffering, impurity) and grants safety and auspiciousness.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Recite the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” with bhakti while offering water to the Śiva-liṅga, contemplating Śiva as the one who ‘consumes poison’—transforming negativity into peace and protection.