Shloka 27

उपमन्युकुमारस्य क्षीरार्थ-प्रार्थना तथा शिवप्रसाद-निबन्धनम् | Upamanyu’s Longing for Milk and the Doctrine of Shiva’s Grace

Devanagari script

रुद्रेण निर्गुणेनालं किन्ते कार्यं भविष्यति । देवजातिबहिर्भूतो यः पिशाचत्वमागतः

Transliteration

rudreṇa nirguṇenālaṃ kinte kāryaṃ bhaviṣyati | devajātibahirbhūto yaḥ piśācatvamāgataḥ

Translation

“关于无德无相的鲁陀罗之谈已足够——这对你有何用处？那已堕出诸天之众、沉入毕舍遮（piśāca，卑下而躁动之灵）境地者，如此观想又能得何利益？”

Word by Word

• रुद्रेण: by Rudra
• रुद्रेण: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• निर्गुणेन: by the attributeless (one)
• निर्गुणेन: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) रुद्रेण

• अलम्: enough; what use
• अलम्: सम्बन्ध/वाक्य-निपात (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अलम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध/पर्याप्त्यर्थक-निपात (particle meaning ‘enough/what use’)

• किम्: what
• किम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम

• ते: for you / of you
• ते: सम्बन्ध (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कार्यं: task; action to be done
• कार्यं: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता-पद), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be; will happen
• भविष्यति: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• देवजाति-बहिर्भूतः: one who has gone outside the class of gods
• देवजाति-बहिर्भूतः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवजाति (प्रातिपदिक) + बहिर्भूत (कृदन्त; भू धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषभावः): ‘देवजात्या बहिः भूतो’ = देवजाति-बहिर्भूत; भूत (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत्-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• पिशाचत्वम्: the state of being a piśāca (ghoul)
• पिशाचत्वम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशाचत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• आगतः: has attained; has come to
• आगतः: क्रिया/कर्ता-विशेषण (Predicate participle/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (active sense)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the dialogue within the Shatarudrasaṃhitā)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Warns that spiritual degradation (falling from deva-jāti into piśāca-bhāva) is a symptom of intensified pāśa; the remedy in Siddhānta is not despair but re-entry into dharma through Śiva-bhakti and grace.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Rudra

FAQs

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

The verse stresses adhikāra (spiritual fitness): without purification and turning toward Śiva through right conduct and devotion, mere discussion of the Nirguṇa Absolute does not transform a fallen, disturbed state of consciousness.

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

It implies that for those in impurity or degradation, approaching Śiva through accessible Saguna forms—such as Liṅga worship, mantra, and disciplined devotion—is the practical doorway that gradually leads toward realization of the Nirguṇa.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is to adopt purifying Shaiva practice—japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), wearing Rudrākṣa, and applying Tripuṇḍra (bhasma)—to stabilize the mind and regain spiritual eligibility.