Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 46
सर्गविभागवर्णनम्
Classification of Creation: the Nine Sargas and the Streams of Beings
तस्मान्महति कार्येस्मिन् व्यापृतस्य जगत्प्रभो । सहायं कुरु सर्वत्र स्रष्टुमर्हसि स प्रजाः । तेनैषां पावितो देवो रुद्रस्त्रिपुरमर्दनः । बाढमित्येव तां वाणीं प्रतिजग्राह शंकरः
tasmānmahati kāryesmin vyāpṛtasya jagatprabho | sahāyaṃ kuru sarvatra sraṣṭumarhasi sa prajāḥ | tenaiṣāṃ pāvito devo rudrastripuramardanaḥ | bāḍhamityeva tāṃ vāṇīṃ pratijagrāha śaṃkaraḥ
«فلذلك، يا ربّ الكون، إذ أنتَ منخرطٌ في هذا الأمر العظيم، فكن عونًا في كل موضع؛ إنك حقًّا أهلٌ لأن تُنشئ هذه المخلوقات (prajā).» فبذلك الطلب سُرَّ الإله رودرا—قاهرُ تريبورا (Tripura)—وطهّر قصدهم وباركه؛ ثم تلقّى شنكرة (Śaṅkara) تلك الكلمات قائلاً: «ليكن كذلك.»
Brahma (addressing Lord Shiva/Rudra)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Tripurantaka
Sthala Purana: No direct Jyotirliṅga reference; ‘Tripuramardana’ is a mythic epithet recalling the Tripura-dahana, used here to underscore Śiva’s sovereign capacity to both dissolve and enable creation.
Cosmic Event: Administrative turning-point: Brahmā requests assistance for sṛṣṭi; Śiva’s ‘bāḍham’ marks divine sanction—Siddhānta-style anugraha enabling the lower agent to act.
FAQs
It presents Śiva as Pati—the supreme Lord whose grace and consent empower even cosmic creation; when Rudra assents, the undertaking becomes purified and fruitful.
Rudra is approached in a personal, Saguna manner as Jagatprabhu and Tripuramardana—an accessible Lord who responds to prayer; Linga-worship similarly seeks Śiva’s gracious “bāḍham” (divine assent) for success and purification.
Before major duties, offer a brief Śiva-saṅkalpa and japa—especially the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—seeking Śiva’s help (sahāya) and inner purification of intention.