Shiva Purana

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रुद्दुःखं दुःखहेतुर्वा तद्रावयति नः प्रभुः ॥ रुद्र इत्युच्यते सद्भिः शिवः परमकारणम् ॥ ३६ ॥

sanskrit

The explanation of the word Rudra:—‘Rud’ means misery and ‘Drāvayati’ means ‘routs’. Since the lord quells our misery he is called Rudra. He is Śiva, the great cause.

english translation

rudduHkhaM duHkhaheturvA tadrAvayati naH prabhuH ॥ rudra ityucyate sadbhiH zivaH paramakAraNam ॥ 36 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/32/36

रुद्दुःखं दुःखहेतुर्वा तद्रावयति नः प्रभुः ॥ रुद्र इत्युच्यते सद्भिः शिवः परमकारणम् ॥ ३६ ॥

sanskrit

The explanation of the word Rudra:—‘Rud’ means misery and ‘Drāvayati’ means ‘routs’. Since the lord quells our misery he is called Rudra. He is Śiva, the great cause.

english translation

rudduHkhaM duHkhaheturvA tadrAvayati naH prabhuH ॥ rudra ityucyate sadbhiH zivaH paramakAraNam ॥ 36 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript