Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 4

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

Devanagari script

रुद्रो हृदयजो मे हि पूर्णांशो ब्रह्मनिष्फलः । हरि ब्रह्मादिभिस्सेव्यो मदभिन्नो निरंजन

Transliteration

rudro hṛdayajo me hi pūrṇāṃśo brahmaniṣphalaḥ | hari brahmādibhissevyo madabhinno niraṃjana

Translation

“诚然，鲁陀罗由我心中而生——乃我圆满无缺之分身，超越梵天造作之业果领域。即使哈利与梵天等诸天亦礼敬供奉；他与我无二无别，清净无染。”

Word by Word

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• हृदय-जः: born from (my) heart
• हृदय-जः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (हृदयात्/हृदयस्य जातः)

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; pronoun

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय

• पूर्ण-अंशः: a complete portion
• पूर्ण-अंशः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + अंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (पूर्णः अंशः)

• ब्रह्म-निष्फलः: not fruitless with respect to Brahman / Brahma
• ब्रह्म-निष्फलः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + निष्फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणि/ब्रह्मस्य निष्फलः)

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ब्रह्म-आदिभिः: by Brahmā and others
• ब्रह्म-आदिभिः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मा आदिः येषां तैः)

• सेव्यः: worthy to be served
• सेव्यः: Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेव् (धातु) → सेव्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण; कर्मणि भावे यत्-प्रत्यय (gerundive: ‘to be served’)

• मत्-अभिन्नः: not different from me
• मत्-अभिन्नः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + अभिन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मत्तः/मया अभिन्नः = not different from me)

• निरञ्जन: O stainless one
• निरञ्जन: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरञ्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Rudra

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga narrative; it is a supremacy statement: Rudra is ‘heart-born’, worshipped by Viṣṇu and Brahmā, and non-different from the supreme.

Significance: Establishes Rudra’s paratva (supremacy) and nirañjanatva (stainless transcendence), grounding devotion and right-view (samyagdarśana) in Śaiva Siddhānta.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Shiva
• Vishnu (Hari)
• Brahma

FAQs

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

It establishes Rudra (Śiva) as the stainless Pati—non-different from the Supreme and transcending the karmic, fruit-bearing sphere of manifested creation—hence the ultimate refuge for liberation.

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

Though Rudra is described as nirañjana (untainted, beyond limitation), he is also ‘sevya’—fit to be worshipped—supporting Shaiva practice where the transcendent Lord is approached through saguna forms such as the Śiva-liṅga for devotion and grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Takeaway: worship Rudra with bhakti and japa—especially the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”)—contemplating him as non-different from the Supreme and untouched by impurity, while offering standard Śaiva upacāras to the liṅga.