Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 49
जलंधरयुद्धे मायाप्रयोगः — Jalandhara’s Māyā in the Battle with Śiva
द्विधा पपात तद्देहो ह्यंजनाद्रिरिवाचलः । कुलिशेन यथा वारांनिधौ गिरिवरो द्विधा
dvidhā papāta taddeho hyaṃjanādririvācalaḥ | kuliśena yathā vārāṃnidhau girivaro dvidhā
সেই দেহটি অঞ্জন পর্বতের ন্যায় অচল হয়ে দুই ভাগে বিভক্ত হয়ে পড়ল, যেমন সমুদ্রের মাঝে ইন্দ্রের বজ্র দ্বারা কোনো বিশাল পর্বত দ্বিখণ্ডিত হয়।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Rudra
FAQs
The splitting of the body into two signifies the decisive breaking of adharma and egoic hardness; in Shaiva Siddhanta, Shiva’s śakti severs the bonds (pāśa) that keep the soul (paśu) fixed in ignorance.
Such battle imagery supports Saguna Shiva-bhakti: the devotee contemplates Shiva as the active Lord who protects dharma and destroys inner impurities, a meditation that culminates in steadiness of mind before the Linga.
Take it as a cue for japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with Tripuṇḍra-bhasma remembrance—praying for Shiva’s grace to ‘split’ pride and attachment into harmless fragments.