Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 31

देवस्तुतिः (Devastuti) — Hymn/Praise of the Devas

Devanagari script

नमस्ते मायिने तुभ्यं मायाधीशाय वै नमः । ब्रह्मगाय नमस्तुभ्यं ब्रह्मणे ब्रह्मजाय च

Transliteration

namaste māyine tubhyaṃ māyādhīśāya vai namaḥ | brahmagāya namastubhyaṃ brahmaṇe brahmajāya ca

Translation

礼敬于汝，执持幻力（Māyā）者；诚敬于汝，幻力之主。礼敬于汝，为梵天（Brahmā）所颂者；礼敬于汝，至上梵（Brahman），亦礼敬于汝，梵天由汝而生之本源。

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: सम्बोधन/उक्ति (salutatory)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नमस् (indeclinable salutation)

• ते: to you
• ते: सम्प्रदान (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन (enclitic)

• मायिने: to the wielder of māyā
• मायिने: सम्प्रदान (recipient; addressed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मायिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; ‘मायावान्’ (possessor of māyā)

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: सम्प्रदान (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन

• मायाधीशाय: to the lord of māyā
• मायाधीशाय: सम्प्रदान (recipient; addressed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक) + अधीश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मायायाः अधीशः), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: सम्बन्ध (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/उपपद अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: सम्बोधन/उक्ति (salutatory)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नमस् (indeclinable salutation)

• ब्रह्मगाय: to the chanter of Brahman
• ब्रह्मगाय: सम्प्रदान (recipient; addressed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (धातु) → ग (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक ‘ग’/‘गाय’)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (ब्रह्म गायतिति/गायति इति—‘singer/chanter of Brahman’), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: सम्बोधन/उक्ति (salutatory)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नमस् (indeclinable salutation)

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: सम्प्रदान (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मणे: to Brahman
• ब्रह्मणे: सम्प्रदान (recipient; addressed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (ब्रह्मन्), चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मजाय: to the one born from Brahman
• ब्रह्मजाय: सम्प्रदान (recipient; addressed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (धातु) → ज (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक ‘ज’)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (ब्रह्मणः जायते इति), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the stuti within the Yuddha-khaṇḍa context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: नमस्ते मायिने तुभ्यं मायाधीशाय वै नमः । ब्रह्मगाय नमस्तुभ्यं ब्रह्मणे ब्रह्मजाय च

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Brahma
• Maya
• Brahman

FAQs

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

It affirms Shiva as Pati—the supreme Lord who both employs and transcends Māyā—thereby positioning liberation as grace-filled surrender to the One who controls the bonds (pāśa) and reveals the Supreme Reality (Brahman).

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

By calling Shiva the Lord of Māyā and also Brahman, the verse supports Saguna worship (such as Linga-pūjā and stuti) as a valid doorway through which the devotee approaches the Nirguna truth—Shiva as the supreme, unborn source even of Brahmā.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Recite this as a short stuti before Linga worship, pairing it with Panchākṣarī japa (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) while contemplating Shiva as the inner ruler of Māyā and the giver of liberation.