Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 15
रुद्ररथ-निर्माणवर्णनम् / Description of Rudra’s Divine Chariot Construction
इन्द्रियाणि च तस्यैव भूषणानि समंततः । श्रद्धा च गतिरस्यैव रथस्य मुनिसत्तम
indriyāṇi ca tasyaiva bhūṣaṇāni samaṃtataḥ | śraddhā ca gatirasyaiva rathasya munisattama
يا أفضلَ الحكماء، إنَّ الحواسَّ نفسَها هي حُلِيُّ تلك العربة من كلِّ جانب؛ وإنَّ «شرَدْها» (śraddhā) وحدَها هي حركتُها حقًّا، وهي مسيرُها المتقدِّم إلى الأمام.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that spiritual progress is not merely external action: the senses are ever-present “adornments” of embodied life, but the real forward movement toward Shiva (Pati) is powered by śraddhā—steady faith that matures into devotion and right practice.
Linga-worship in the Shiva Purana is sustained by śraddhā: offerings and rituals gain transformative force when performed with reverent trust in Saguna Shiva, who then leads the devotee beyond sense-bound living toward inner purity and liberation.
Cultivate śraddhā through daily Shiva-pūjā and japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), while practicing sense-restraint (indriya-nigraha) so the mind’s “chariot” moves steadily toward Shiva.