Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 33
गिलासुर-आक्रमणम् तथा शिवसैन्य-समाह्वानम् — The Assault of Gila and Śiva’s Mobilization
तदीयाद्विष्यन्दात्क्षिति तलगतैरन्धकगणैरतिव्याप्तघोरं विकृतवदनं स्वात्मसदृशम् । दधत्कल्पांताग्निप्रतिमवपुषा भूतपतिना त्रिशूले नोद्भिन्नस्त्रिपुररिपुणा दारुणतरम्
tadīyādviṣyandātkṣiti talagatairandhakagaṇairativyāptaghoraṃ vikṛtavadanaṃ svātmasadṛśam | dadhatkalpāṃtāgnipratimavapuṣā bhūtapatinā triśūle nodbhinnastripuraripuṇā dāruṇataram
তার দেহ থেকে পৃথিবীতলে অন্ধকগণের দল প্রবাহিত হতে লাগল—সর্বত্র ছড়িয়ে পড়া ভয়ংকর স্রোত, বিকৃত ও আতঙ্কজনক মুখবিশিষ্ট, নিজেরই সদৃশ। কিন্তু ভूतপতি, যার দেহ প্রলয়াগ্নির ন্যায় জ্বলছিল, ত্রিপুরারী শিবের ত্রিশূলেও বিদ্ধ হলেন না; বরং আরও ভয়াবহ হয়ে উঠলেন।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Tripurāntaka
Type: rudram
Role: destructive
Cosmic Event: kalpa-anta (pralaya) imagery
FAQs
The verse depicts the demonic tendency of ego and ignorance to multiply and pervade consciousness, while Śiva—Pati, the sovereign Lord—remains unshaken and ultimately subdues such darkness; it points to the Shaiva Siddhānta view that only the Lord’s grace can overcome the expanding power of mala (impurity).
By presenting Śiva as Bhūtapati and Tripurāri with a kalpānta-agni-like form, the text emphasizes Saguna Śiva—worshipped in the Liṅga—as the accessible, protective Lord whose manifested power destroys inner and outer obstacles.
Contemplate Śiva as Tripurāri/Bhūtapati while repeating the Pañcākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and pair it with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as reminders of dissolution of ego and steadfast refuge in the Lord.