Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 19

शुक्रोत्पत्तिः तथा महेश्वरदर्शनम् (Śukra’s Emergence and the Vision of Maheśvara)

Devanagari script

दिव्येनामृतवर्षेण सोऽभिषिक्तः कपर्दिना । तुष्टेन मोचितं तस्माच्छूलाग्रादवरोपितः

Transliteration

divyenāmṛtavarṣeṇa so'bhiṣiktaḥ kapardinā | tuṣṭena mocitaṃ tasmācchūlāgrādavaropitaḥ

Translation

随后，卡帕尔丁（主湿婆）降下神圣甘露之雨，为他行灌顶。湿婆心悦，遂将他释放，并从三叉戟尖端带他 내려。

Word by Word

• दिव्येन: by divine
• दिव्येन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3 विभक्ति), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• अमृतवर्षेण: by a shower of nectar
• अमृतवर्षेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत-वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3 विभक्ति), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (अमृतस्य वर्षः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1 विभक्ति), एकवचन

• अभिषिक्तः: was anointed
• अभिषिक्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-षिच् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकाले कृदन्तः; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), प्रथमा, पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन

• कपर्दिना: by Kapardin (Śiva)
• कपर्दिना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपर्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3 विभक्ति), एकवचन; शिवस्य विशेषण-नाम

• तुष्टेन: by the pleased (one)
• तुष्टेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3 विभक्ति), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (शिवस्य)

• मोचितम्: released
• मोचितम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकाले कृदन्तः; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2 विभक्ति), एकवचन; (सः) मोचितः इत्यर्थे

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5 विभक्ति), एकवचन; अपादानार्थे

• शूलाग्रात्: from the tip of the trident
• शूलाग्रात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूल-अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5 विभक्ति), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (शूलस्य अग्रः)

• अवरोपितः: was taken down
• अवरोपितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-रुह्/अव-रोपय् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकाले कृदन्तः; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), प्रथमा, पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Rudra

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Vaidyanātha

Sthala Purana: Vaidyanātha is famed as the healing, nectar-bestowing Śiva; the ‘amṛta’ motif here (divine nectar-rain) resonates with Śiva as bhaiṣajya-guru who restores life-force and removes affliction and fear.

Significance: Healing, relief from suffering, and restoration of vitality; grace that ‘brings down’ the bound being from peril (symbolized by the trident-tip).

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: dhupa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It highlights Śiva’s anugraha (saving grace): even when a being is held at the trident’s tip—symbolizing the soul bound by pāśa—Śiva can anoint with amṛta (divine life) and restore the devotee, indicating liberation arises by the Lord’s compassionate will.

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

Kapardin is a clear Saguna form of Śiva—personal, responsive, and compassionate. The verse supports devotional worship (bhakti) to Śiva as the bestower of amṛta-like grace, which Linga worship ritually embodies through abhiṣeka (consecratory bathing) and surrender.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Abhiṣeka-bhāva: perform Linga-abhiṣeka with water/milk while mentally invoking amṛta (purifying grace), and repeat the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” contemplating release from bondage (pāśa) into Śiva’s protection (anugraha).