Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 11

देवाः वैकुण्ठगमनम् तथा विष्णोः अवतारस्तुतिः | Devas Go to Vaikuṇṭha and Praise Viṣṇu’s Avatāras

Devanagari script

नमस्ते गूढदेहाय वेदनिंदाकराय च । योगाचार्याय जैनाय वौद्धरूपाय मापते

Transliteration

namaste gūḍhadehāya vedaniṃdākarāya ca | yogācāryāya jaināya vauddharūpāya māpate

Translation

顶礼于您，真身幽隐不显者；亦顶礼于您，以遮蔽之相令世人讥毁吠陀者。顶礼于您为瑜伽导师；顶礼于您示现为耆那；并顶礼于您化现佛陀之形——噢主宰。

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/utterance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग (salutation)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive) एकवचन; enclitic form (to you/your)

• गूढदेहाय: to (you) of hidden body/form
• गूढदेहाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गूढ (प्रातिपदिक) + देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (गूढः देहः यस्य/गूढदेहः)

• वेदनिन्दाकराय: to the one who disparages the Vedas
• वेदनिन्दाकराय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + निन्दा (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (वेद-निन्दा-करः = doer of Veda-censure)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक conjunction

• योगाचार्याय: to the teacher of Yoga
• योगाचार्याय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक) + आचार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (योगस्य आचार्यः)

• जैनाय: to the Jaina (form)
• जैनाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जैन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वौद्धरूपाय: to (you) of Buddhist form
• वौद्धरूपाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वौद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (वौद्धं रूपं यस्य/वौद्धस्य रूपम्)

• मा: indeed/O
• मा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; संबोधन/particle; here as emphatic/metrical filler (often ‘indeed’/‘O’)

• पते: O Lord/Master
• पते: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva Purana dialogue to the sages, describing the Lord’s veiling forms in the Yuddha narrative)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: नमस्ते गूढदेहाय वेदनिंदाकराय च । योगाचार्याय जैनाय वौद्धरूपाय मापते

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vedas
• Buddha

FAQs

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

The verse praises Shiva as the supreme Lord who can conceal His true nature and, through His māyā, appear in varied doctrinal forms—yet all such manifestations ultimately serve His cosmic purpose of guiding souls toward liberation.

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

By acknowledging Shiva’s many assumed forms, the devotee is directed back to Saguna Shiva as the compassionate Lord who becomes approachable through worship—classically centered on the Linga—while remaining transcendent (nirguṇa) in essence.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The practical takeaway is steadiness in Shaiva sādhanā—japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and yogic discipline under devotion—so one is not confused by outward doctrinal appearances but remains oriented to Shiva as Pati (the Lord).