Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 37
शिवशङ्खचूडयुद्धवर्णनम् / Description of the Battle between Śiva and Śaṅkhacūḍa
छिन्नायां स्वगदायां च चुकोपातीव दानवः । शूलं जग्राह तेजस्वी परेषां दुस्सहं ज्वलत्
chinnāyāṃ svagadāyāṃ ca cukopātīva dānavaḥ | śūlaṃ jagrāha tejasvī pareṣāṃ dussahaṃ jvalat
فلما قُطِعت هراوته، اشتعل الدانَفا غضبًا كالنار؛ ثم قبض ذلك المتلألئ على رمحٍ ثلاثيٍّ متّقد، سلاحٍ لا يُطاق على أعدائه.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Rudra
FAQs
The verse highlights how wounded pride turns into consuming anger, symbolized by the demon abandoning restraint and grasping a more destructive weapon—an image of the pashu (bound soul) being driven by krodha rather than dharma.
The trident (śūla) is a key emblem of Saguna Shiva’s protective power; even in battle narratives, such symbols remind devotees that Shiva’s divine instruments subdue chaos and restore cosmic order.
A practical takeaway is anger-management through japa of the Panchakshara—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—and cultivating steadiness (śānti), so the inner ‘weapon’ becomes discrimination rather than rage.