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Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 4

गिलासुर-आक्रमणम् तथा शिवसैन्य-समाह्वानम् — The Assault of Gila and Śiva’s Mobilization

Devanagari script

विलोडयेयुर्मुदिताश्च केचिच्छृंगाणि शैलस्य च भानुमंति । ततो हरस्सस्मृतवान्स्वसैन्यं समाह्वयन्कुपितः शूलपाणिः

Transliteration

viloḍayeyurmuditāśca kecicchṛṃgāṇi śailasya ca bhānumaṃti | tato harassasmṛtavānsvasainyaṃ samāhvayankupitaḥ śūlapāṇiḥ

Translation

有人得意忘形，竟开始摇撼并搅动那山岳光辉的峰巅。于是诃罗（Hara）忆起自己的军旅，怒而召集大军——那手执三叉戟（triśūla）者。

Word by Word
विलोḍयेयुःmight churn / would stir
विलोḍयेयुः:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-लुड्/लोड़् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; धातु: लुड्/लोड़् (to churn/stir) उपसर्ग: वि-
मुदिताःdelighted
मुदिताः:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootमुद् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (क्त/PPP) ‘मुदित’, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (of the agents)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
केचित्some (persons)
केचित्:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनार्थे अव्यक्त-प्रयोग (indefinite pronoun)
शृङ्गाणिpeaks / horns
शृङ्गाणि:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootशृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन
शैलस्यof the mountain
शैलस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootशैल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
भानुमन्तिshining / radiant
भानुमन्ति:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootभानुमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies शैलस्य/शृङ्गाणि in sense ‘shining’)
ततःthen
ततः:
Desha-Kala (देश-काल/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अवस्थानिर्देशक/क्रमबोधक (adverb: ‘then/from there’)
हरःHara (Śiva)
हरः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootहर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
सस्मृतवान्remembered
सस्मृतवान्:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (क्तवतु/Perfect active participle) ‘स्मृतवान्’, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (active sense)
स्व-सैन्यम्his own army
स्व-सैन्यम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सैन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: स्वं सैन्यम्
समाह्वयन्calling / summoning
समाह्वयन्:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-ह्वे (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle) ‘समाह्वयन्’, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; धातु: ह्वे (to call) उपसर्ग: सम्+आ
कुपितःangered
कुपितः:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootकुप् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (क्त/PPP) ‘कुपित’, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of हरः/शूलपाणिः)
शूलपाणिःthe trident-bearer (Śiva)
शूलपाणिः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootशूल (प्रातिपदिक) + पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: शूलः पाणौ यस्य (one who has a trident in hand)
Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the battle episode to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Rudra

Characters & Entities
S
Shiva

FAQs

The verse shows Saguna Śiva (Hara, Śūlapāṇi) acting as the cosmic protector: when disorder rises, He consciously marshals divine शक्ति through His hosts, restoring dharma—an outer battle mirroring the inner removal of egoic turbulence.

Śiva is praised here by epithets (Hara, Śūlapāṇi) that devotees contemplate while worshipping the Liṅga: the Liṅga is the stable center, and Saguna Śiva’s active grace is remembered as the force that removes बाधा (obstacles) and subdues adharma.

A practical takeaway is smaraṇa (remembrance) of Śiva in difficulty—repeating the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” while mentally invoking Śiva as Hara/Śūlapāṇi to steady the mind and dispel inner agitation.

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