Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 26
Śiva–Hari–Rudra–Vidhīnāṃ Tattva-nirṇayaḥ
Identity of Śiva, Viṣṇu, Rudra, and Brahmā; Nirguṇa–Saguṇa Reconciliation
तथा च ब्राह्मणा रुद्रं तथा कालीं प्रचक्षते । सर्वं ताभ्यान्ततः प्राप्तमिच्छया सत्यलीलया
tathā ca brāhmaṇā rudraṃ tathā kālīṃ pracakṣate | sarvaṃ tābhyāntataḥ prāptamicchayā satyalīlayā
এইরূপে ব্রাহ্মণগণ রুদ্রকে এবং তদ্রূপ কালীকেও ঘোষণা করেন। সত্য ও উদ্দেশ্যময় দিব্য লীলায়, তাঁদের স্বেচ্ছায় শেষ পর্যন্ত সবই সেই দুইজনের কাছ থেকেই প্রাপ্ত হয়।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Rudra
Significance: The verse frames all attainments as arising from Rudra-Śakti; pilgrimage and worship are meaningful as channels of their icchā-śakti (sovereign will) granting siddhi and mokṣa.
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Kālī
Role: liberating
Cosmic Event: All outcomes attributed to icchā-śakti and satya-līlā of Rudra-Śakti
FAQs
It affirms that all attainments—worldly and spiritual—ultimately arise from Rudra (Pati) together with Kāli/Śakti, whose divine will governs creation and liberation in a truthful, purposeful līlā.
Rudra here is Saguna Shiva, approachable through devotion and ritual; the verse implies that worship of Shiva (often through the Liṅga) is fulfilled when understood with Śakti as inseparable, since all grace and results flow from the divine pair.
A practical takeaway is to worship Shiva with Śakti-bhāva—Liṅga-pūjā while chanting the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and maintaining devotion that seeks grace (anugraha) rather than mere outcomes.