Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 84

पुष्पार्पण-विनिर्णयः

Determination of Flower-Offerings to Śiva

Devanagari script

स्कंदोमासहितं शंभुं संपूज्य विधिना सह । यत्फलं लभते भक्त्या तद्वदामि यथाश्रुतम्

Transliteration

skaṃdomāsahitaṃ śaṃbhuṃ saṃpūjya vidhinā saha | yatphalaṃ labhate bhaktyā tadvadāmi yathāśrutam

Translation

依所定仪轨，恭敬礼拜商婆（湿婆）并与优摩、斯堪达同供；信众以虔爱（bhakti）所得之果报，我今将如所闻而宣说。

Word by Word

• skanda-umā-sahitam: accompanied by Skanda and Umā
• skanda-umā-sahitam: Karma (कर्म) [विशेषण]
• Type: Adjective
• Root: skanda (प्रातिपदिक) + umā (प्रातिपदिक) + sahita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सह-समास/उपपद: ‘स्कन्देन उमया च सहितम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; विशेषणम् (शम्भुम्)

• śambhum: Śambhu (Śiva)
• śambhum: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śambhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• saṃpūjya: having worshipped
• saṃpūjya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√pūj (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष (absolutive/gerund): ‘सम्पूज्य’ = having worshipped

• vidhinā: by the prescribed method
• vidhinā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-निपात (with)

• yat-phalam: which fruit/result
• yat-phalam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सम्बन्ध: ‘यत् फलम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• labhate: obtains
• labhate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• bhaktyā: by devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• vadāmi: I tell
• vadāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vad (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); उत्तमपुरुष (1st person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yathā-śrutam: as heard (according to what was heard)
• yathā-śrutam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + śruta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास: ‘यथा श्रुतम्’ = as heard; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not tied to a single jyotirliṅga; it presents a family-theology of Śiva (Śambhu) with Umā and Skanda, emphasizing complete worship (saṃpūjā) according to vidhi and the resulting fruits.

Significance: Encourages worship of Śiva with his śakti and son (Skanda), implying fullness (pūrṇatā) of devotion and household auspiciousness alongside spiritual ascent.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Umā

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati
• Kartikeya

FAQs

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

It affirms that devoted worship of Saguna Śiva—Śambhu with Umā and Skanda—performed according to scriptural injunctions yields definite spiritual fruits, which the narrator will enumerate as received through the tradition.

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

The verse frames worship in a personal, manifest (Saguna) mode—Śiva with his divine family—implying that such bhakti-filled pūjā (often centered on the Liṅga as Śiva’s primary icon) leads to merit and grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It points to performing Śiva-pūjā with vidhi (regulated worship): offerings, mantra-recitation (commonly the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), and devotional contemplation of Śiva together with Umā and Skanda.