Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 40
विष्णु-ब्रह्म-विवाद-वर्णनम्
Description of the Viṣṇu–Brahmā Dispute and Brahmā’s Confusion
नित्यं तेष्वणवो बद्धास्सृष्टक्रोधभयादयः । प्रभावाच्च भवानंगान्यनेकानीह लीलया
nityaṃ teṣvaṇavo baddhāssṛṣṭakrodhabhayādayaḥ | prabhāvācca bhavānaṃgānyanekānīha līlayā
তেওঁলোকৰ মাজত অণুজীৱ নিত্যই বন্ধিত থাকে—সৃষ্ট ক্ৰোধ, ভয় আদি পাশৰ দ্বাৰা। আৰু হে দেৱ, আপোনাৰেই প্ৰভাৱত আপুনি ইয়াত লীলামাত্ৰ বহু অঙ্গ-ৰূপ ধাৰণ কৰে।
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating the Rudra Saṃhitā account to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Cosmic Event: ensoulment of embodied beings and operation of mala/kleśas within sṛṣṭi
FAQs
It states the Shaiva Siddhanta core: the aṇu (individual soul) remains bound by pāśas—here exemplified as anger and fear—until liberated by the Lord’s grace; Shiva’s many manifestations operate as compassionate līlā within creation.
Because Shiva freely assumes many ‘limbs/forms’ in līlā, Saguna worship—especially the Śiva-liṅga—becomes a valid, accessible focus for devotion that purifies the mind and loosens the fetters like krodha and bhaya.
A practical takeaway is japa and inner restraint: repeat the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with steady breath and cultivate fearlessness and non-anger; such sādhana supports the cutting of pāśas and prepares one for Shiva’s grace.