Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 27

वसन्तस्वरूपवर्णनम् — Description of the Form/Nature of Vasant

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Devanagari script

जगद्धिताय वत्स त्वं मोहयस्व पिनाकिनम् । यथाशु सुमनश्शंभुः कुर्य्याद्दारप्रतिग्रहम्

Transliteration

jagaddhitāya vatsa tvaṃ mohayasva pinākinam | yathāśu sumanaśśaṃbhuḥ kuryyāddārapratigraham

Translation

为利益世间，亲爱的孩子，你当以神圣的迷醉之力（mohā）摄受持弓者 Pinākin（湿婆），使吉祥心怀的 Śambhu 迅速在婚礼中纳受妻室。

Word by Word

• जगत्-हिताय: for the welfare of the world
• जगत्-हिताय: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + hita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुष (jagataḥ hitāya / jagaddhitāya), पुं/नपुंसक-समासार्थ, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• वत्स: dear child
• वत्स: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vatsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मोहयस्व: delude, enchant
• मोहयस्व: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muh (धातु) [णिच् causative: mohay-]
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• पिनाकिनम्: Pinākin (Śiva, bearer of the bow Pināka)
• पिनाकिनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pinākin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• यथा: so that, as
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्देश्य/प्रयोजनसूचक उपपद (so that/as)

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक/शीघ्रार्थक अव्यय (adverb)

• सुमनः: kind-minded, benevolent
• सुमनः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sumanas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (good-minded/benign)

• शम्भुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śambhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कुर्यात्: should do, may perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• दार-प्रतिग्रहम्: acceptance of a wife (marriage)
• दार-प्रतिग्रहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāra (प्रातिपदिक) + pratigraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (dārāṇāṃ pratigrahaḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Brahma

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Satī

Role: creative

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse frames Śiva’s marriage as jagad-hita (world-welfare): even the Lord’s personal līlā supports cosmic order, enabling dharma and the unfolding of grace for beings bound by pāśa.

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

It highlights Saguna Śiva—Śambhu acting within the world through līlā—making Him approachable to devotees; such narratives nourish bhakti that culminates in realizing the same Lord beyond form, worshipped as the Liṅga.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is steadiness in bhakti: worship Saguna Śiva with the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) while remembering that even worldly events are guided by the Lord for jagad-hita.