Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 24

त्रिपुरदीक्षाविधानम् — Tripura Dīkṣā: Prescriptive Procedure

Chapter on the Ordinance of Initiation

Devanagari script

ततस्स मुंडी परिपालयन्हरेराज्ञां तथा निर्मितवांश्च शिष्यान् । यथास्वरूपं चतुरस्तदानीं मायामयं शास्त्रमपाठयत्स्वयम्

Transliteration

tatassa muṃḍī paripālayanharerājñāṃ tathā nirmitavāṃśca śiṣyān | yathāsvarūpaṃ caturastadānīṃ māyāmayaṃ śāstramapāṭhayatsvayam

Translation

其后，蒙迪遵从诃利之命，守护此任，并造就弟子。彼时他依自性而善巧，亲自教授一部由摩耶织成、适合当时的论典，使显现世界的戏游得以循序运行。

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kālādhi karaṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मुंडी: Muṇḍī (the ascetic)
• मुंडी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muṃḍin (मुण्डिन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (नाम/विशेष-व्यक्ति)

• परिपालयन्: protecting/observing
• परिपालयन्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari+√pāl (पाल् धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
• Form: कृदन्त (वर्तमान कृदन्त/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हरेः: of Hari
• हरेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• आज्ञाम्: command
• आज्ञाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ājñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (manner adverb)

• निर्मितवान्: having created/made
• निर्मितवान्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir+√mā (मा धातु) + kta-vat (क्तवत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (past active participle/क्तवत्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• शिष्यान्: disciples
• शिष्यान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• यथा: as/according to
• यथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (manner/comparison)

• स्वरूपम्: according to (their) own form/nature
• स्वरूपम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva-rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य रूपम्)

• चतुरः: four
• चतुरः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (विशेषण)

• तदानीम्: at that time
• तदानीम्: Kālādhi karaṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadānīm (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• मायामयम्: illusory; made of māyā
• मायामयम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: māyā-maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (मायया मयम् = filled with illusion)

• शास्त्रम्: treatise/teaching
• शास्त्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāstra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अपाठयत्: taught (made them study)
• अपाठयत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: apa+√paṭh (पठ् धातु) (causative)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: caused to read/taught)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (reflexive adverb)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Tatpuruṣa

Shakti Dimension

Role: creative

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: World-order maintained through māyika-śāstra appropriate to the time (yuga-dharma calibration).

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu (Hari)
• Muṇḍī

FAQs

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

It shows how worldly order is sustained through instruction suited to embodied beings: a “māyāmaya” teaching operates within Māyā to regulate conduct and understanding, while Shaiva Siddhanta ultimately points beyond Māyā to Pati (Shiva) as the liberating Lord.

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

A māyā-conditioned world needs concrete supports for devotion; Saguna worship—such as reverence to the Shiva-Linga with mantra and ritual—guides disciples from outer discipline toward inner realization, gradually loosening Māyā’s bonds.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The verse implies guru-guided discipline: study with devotion, steady daily worship, and japa that refines the mind—classically supported in Shaiva practice by Panchakshara japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) along with purity observances like bhasma and rudrākṣa where applicable.