Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 33
भूतत्रिपुरधर्मवर्णनम् (Description of the Dharma/Conduct of the Bhūta-Tripura) — Chapter 3
गत्वा दग्ध्वा च भित्त्वा च भङ्क्त्वा दैत्यपुरत्रयम् । पुनर्यथागता भूतागंतुमर्हथ भूतये
gatvā dagdhvā ca bhittvā ca bhaṅktvā daityapuratrayam | punaryathāgatā bhūtāgaṃtumarhatha bhūtaye
«انطلقوا، فأحرقوا واخترقوا وحطّموا مدن الديتيا الثلاث. ثم ارجعوا من الطريق نفسه الذي جئتم منه؛ ويا أيها الكائنات، عودوا ثانية—لخير جميع الكائنات وإعادة صلاحها.»
Lord Shiva (issuing command to his attendant hosts in the context of Tripuradāha)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Tripurāntaka
FAQs
It presents Shiva’s cosmic function as Pati: he commands the forces of transformation to destroy Tripura—symbolic of entrenched ignorance and bondage—so that the world-order and the welfare of beings (bhūti) are restored.
Tripuradāha is a Saguna-līlā where Shiva acts as the protector and purifier of the cosmos; Linga worship contemplates the same Lord as the inner fire that burns impurities and re-establishes dharma, leading the devotee from form to the formless Reality.
Meditate on Shiva as the inner destroyer of the ‘three cities’ (egoic strongholds) while japa-ing the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”; optionally apply Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) as a reminder that all impurities are to be reduced to sacred ash by Shiva’s grace.