Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 20

शिवागमन-नाद-समागमः (Śiva’s Advent, the Drum-Sound, and the Cosmic Assembly)

Devanagari script

काकपादोऽपरः षष्ट्या षष्ट्या संतानकः प्रभुः । महाबलश्च नवभिर्मधु पिंगश्च पिंगलः

Transliteration

kākapādo'paraḥ ṣaṣṭyā ṣaṣṭyā saṃtānakaḥ prabhuḥ | mahābalaśca navabhirmadhu piṃgaśca piṃgalaḥ

Translation

另有一相名为“迦迦足”（Kākapāda）。由六十与六十又生诸后裔：有“萨姆坦那迦”（Saṃtānaka）为主宰；并有九位同出者“摩诃婆罗”（Mahābala），以及“摩度”（Madhu）、“平伽”（Piṅga）、“平伽罗”（Piṅgala）。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसंहार-अव्यय (quotative/closing particle)

• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location-context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; शीर्षक-समास (determinative)

• द्वितीयायाम्: in the second (book/section)
• द्वितीयायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal)

• रुद्र-संहितायाम्: in the Rudra-saṃhitā
• रुद्र-संहितायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘Rudra’ + ‘saṃhitā’

• प्रथम-खण्डे: in the first section
• प्रथम-खण्डे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक) + खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘first section’

• कैलास-उपाख्याने: in the Kailāsa narrative
• कैलास-उपाख्याने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक) + उपाख्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘Kailāsa’ + ‘episode/narrative’

• शिवस्य: of Śiva
• शिवस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• कैलास-गमनम्: the going to Kailāsa
• कैलास-गमनम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक) + गमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘going to Kailāsa’

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Title marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः (indeclinable used to mark title: ‘named/called’)

• विंशः: twentieth
• विंशः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (20th)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Shakti Dimension

Role: creative

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Proliferative expansion motif: ‘sixty and sixty’ and ‘nine’ as structured multiplicities within the cosmic host—order within immensity.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse catalogs specific names and groupings that signal Rudra’s ordered, manifold manifestation in creation—teaching that the one Pati (Shiva) appears through many functional forms while remaining the supreme Lord beyond limitation.

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

Such enumerations support Saguna-upāsanā: devotees may approach Shiva through particular names and attributes (strength, tawny radiance, lordship), while recognizing the Linga as the unifying symbol of the one Shiva underlying all these manifestations.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is nāma-smaraṇa (recollection of Shiva’s names) as japa—optionally integrated with the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and supported by Shaiva markers like Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa for steadiness in devotion.