Shiva Purana — Satarudra Samhita, Shloka 50

नन्दिकेश्वरावताराभिषेकविवाहवर्णनम्

Nandikeśvara: Incarnation, Consecration, and Marriage—Description

Devanagari script

सदेष्टश्च विशिष्टश्च परमैश्वर्य्यसंयुतः । महायोगी महेष्वासः स पिता स पितामहः

Transliteration

sadeṣṭaśca viśiṣṭaśca paramaiśvaryyasaṃyutaḥ | mahāyogī maheṣvāsaḥ sa pitā sa pitāmahaḥ

Translation

祂恒为所拣选的主、至为卓绝者，具足无上的神圣主权。祂是大瑜伽行者（Mahāyogī），亦是强弓的伟大神射；祂是父，亦是一切众生的祖父与本源。

Word by Word

• सदेष्टः: ever-desired / always beloved
• सदेष्टः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सद्-इष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; इष्ट-शब्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• विशिष्टः: distinguished, excellent
• विशिष्टः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; √शिष्/शास्-विशेषणे क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• परम-ऐश्वर्य-सम्युतः: endowed with supreme sovereignty
• परम-ऐश्वर्य-सम्युतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + ऐश्वर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्युत (प्रातिपदिक; √युज्-सम् क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (instrumental determinative: 'with supreme lordship')

• महायोगी: the great yogi
• महायोगी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā (प्रातिपदिक) + योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महेष्वासः: great archer
• महेष्वासः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā (प्रातिपदिक) + इष्वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• पिता: father
• पिता: Pradhāna-nāma (प्रधान-नाम/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• पितामहः: grandfather
• पितामहः: Pradhāna-nāma (प्रधान-नाम/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse praises Shiva as the supreme Lord (Pati) endowed with unsurpassed sovereignty and yogic mastery, affirming Him as the ultimate refuge and source—worthy of devotion and contemplation for liberation.

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

By describing Shiva through exalted attributes (lordship, yogic greatness, cosmic fatherhood), it supports Saguna upasana—devotion to Shiva with qualities—commonly approached through Linga worship as the accessible, sanctified form of the Supreme.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as Mahayogi while repeating the Panchakshara mantra (Om Namah Shivaya); worship can be supported with Tripundra (bhasma) and Rudraksha as aids to steadiness and Shaiva remembrance.