Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 24
अनिरुद्धापहरणानन्तरं कृष्णस्य शोणितपुरगमनम् तथा रुद्रकृष्णयुद्धारम्भः | After Aniruddha’s Abduction: Kṛṣṇa Marches to Śoṇitapura and the Rudra–Kṛṣṇa Battle Begins
ब्रह्मास्त्रस्य च ब्रह्मास्त्रं वायव्यस्य च पार्वतम् । आग्नेयस्य च पार्जन्यं नैजं नारायणस्य च
brahmāstrasya ca brahmāstraṃ vāyavyasya ca pārvatam | āgneyasya ca pārjanyaṃ naijaṃ nārāyaṇasya ca
لمواجهةِ سلاحِ براهما (Brahmāstra) أطلقَ سلاحَ براهما نفسه؛ وضدَّ سلاحِ الريحِ Vāyavya استعملَ سلاحَ الجبلِ Pārvatā؛ وضدَّ سلاحِ النارِ Āgneya أطلقَ سلاحَ المطرِ Pārjanya؛ وأمّا سلاحُ Nārāyaṇa فدفعه بقوّتِه الفطرية الكامنة في ذاته.
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating the battle to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: liberating
FAQs
It illustrates that all external forces can be met and dissolved by a higher, rightly-applied power—culminating in “naija” (innate) strength, pointing to the Shaiva Siddhanta insight that the Lord (Pati) is ultimately beyond all instruments and counter-instruments.
In the Yuddhakāṇḍa setting, the verse highlights mastery over cosmic powers; in devotion, the Liṅga represents that same sovereign Saguna Shiva—stable like a mountain against winds, cooling like rain against fire—who protects the devotee and subdues inner turmoil.
A practical takeaway is to steady the mind with japa of “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” while applying Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) as a reminder that Shiva’s inner grace (naija śakti) is the true refuge beyond external disturbances.