Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 5

वीरभद्रक्रोधशमनं देवस्तुतिश्च

Pacification of Vīrabhadra and the Gods’ Hymn

Devanagari script

अलं क्रोधेन भगवन्नष्टाश्चैते दिवौकसः । प्रसीद क्षम्यतां सर्वं रोमजैस्सह सुव्रत

Transliteration

alaṃ krodhena bhagavannaṣṭāścaite divaukasaḥ | prasīda kṣamyatāṃ sarvaṃ romajaissaha suvrata

Translation

息怒吧，噢世尊——这些天界之众已然被毁。愿您垂慈，赦宥一切，并连同罗摩迦族（Romajas）一并宽恕；噢持净誓者。

Word by Word

• alam: enough
• alam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: alam (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/indeclinable (निपात-अव्यय), 'enough'

• krodhena: with anger
• krodhena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• bhagavan: O Lord
• bhagavan: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (भगवत्, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

• naṣṭāḥ: destroyed/perished
• naṣṭāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś (नश्, धातु) + naṣṭa (नष्ट, क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: Past participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय)

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• diva-okasaḥ: celestials (dwellers in heaven)
• diva-okasaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: div (प्रातिपदिक) + okas (ओकस्, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpurusha: divaḥ okasaḥ = dwellers of heaven

• prasīda: be gracious/calm down
• prasīda: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √sad (सद्, धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd Person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• kṣamyatām: let (it) be forgiven
• kṣamyatām: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṣam (क्षम, धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद); passive/benedictive sense: 'let it be forgiven'

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन); object-sense with kṣamyatām

• romajaiḥ: with the Romajas (name/group)
• romajaiḥ: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: romaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: Preposition-like indeclinable (सह-अव्यय) governing instrumental

• suvrata: O one of good vows
• suvrata: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); karmadhāraya: su vrataṃ yasya

Speaker

Brahma (imploring Lord Shiva to relent)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: alaṃ krodhena bhagavan naṣṭāś caite divaukasaḥ | prasīda kṣamyatāṃ sarvaṃ romajaiḥ saha suvrata ||

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It highlights Shiva as Pati—the supreme Lord whose wrath dissolves impurity and whose grace restores order; surrender and repentance invite prasāda (divine favor) and kṣamā (forgiveness), central to liberation in Shaiva thought.

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

The plea ‘prasīda’ reflects Saguna Shiva worship: devotees approach the manifest Lord with humility, seeking the cooling mercy that the Linga symbolizes—steadfast, compassionate consciousness beyond reactive anger.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is kṣamā-prārthanā (prayer for forgiveness) with japa of the Panchakshara—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—and a calm, sattvic observance (suvrata) to align the mind with Shiva’s grace.