Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 36

शङ्खचूडदूतागमनम् — The Arrival of Śaṅkhacūḍa’s Envoy

and Praise of Śiva

Devanagari script

तवानयोर्विरोधे च गमनं निष्फलं भवेत् । समसंबंधिनां तद्वै रोचते नेश्वरस्य ते

Transliteration

tavānayorvirodhe ca gamanaṃ niṣphalaṃ bhavet | samasaṃbaṃdhināṃ tadvai rocate neśvarasya te

Translation

若在此二者相争之时你仍前往，你的行程必成徒然。此举或许合于只以世俗关系为同等者之意，却不相称于你——主宰之尊。

Word by Word

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अनयोः: of these two / in these two
• अनयोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/सप्तमी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• विरोधे: in the conflict
• विरोधे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• गमनम्: going
• गमनम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• निष्फलम्: fruitless
• निष्फलम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (गमनम्)

• भवेत्: would be / may become
• भवेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• समसंबंधिनाम्: of those who are equal relations/connected alike
• समसंबंधिनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम + संबंधिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समास: समाः संबंधिनः येषाम् (उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-भाव)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (कर्ता) (रोचते इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (वाक्य-विषय/अनुवादक)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• रोचते: is pleasing/seems right
• रोचते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• ईश्वरस्य: of the Lord
• ईश्वरस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ते: your/to you
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

A counselor/attendant addressing a supreme leader as Īśvara (contextually within Sūta’s narration in the Rudrasaṁhitā, Yuddhakhaṇḍa)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse teaches that action undertaken amid unresolved opposition becomes niṣphala (spiritually and practically barren). From a Shaiva Siddhanta lens, right action must align with dharma and the Lord’s higher purpose, not be driven by reactive entanglement in conflict.

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

Worship of Saguna Shiva (as Īśvara) disciplines the devotee to act from steadiness and discernment. The verse reflects the principle that the Lord’s conduct is not governed by ordinary social equivalences; similarly, the devotee approaches the Liṅga with clarity, not in the turbulence of quarrel and partisanship.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to pause conflict-driven decisions and stabilize the mind with japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and a brief dhyāna on Shiva as Īśvara, then act only when intention is calm and dharmic.