Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 37
प्रयागे महत्समाजः — शिवदर्शनं दक्षागमनं च
The Great Assembly at Prayāga: Śiva’s Appearance and Dakṣa’s Arrival
यश्शिवं सुरसामान्यमुद्दिश्य परमेश्वरम् । द्रुह्यत्यजो दुष्टमतिस्तत्त्वतो विमुखो भवेत्
yaśśivaṃ surasāmānyamuddiśya parameśvaram | druhyatyajo duṣṭamatistattvato vimukho bhavet
Wer, obwohl er vom höchsten Herrn Parameśvara Śiva spricht, Ihn nur als eine gewöhnliche Gottheit unter den Göttern ansieht und dann Bosheit gegen Ihn hegt—der wird, obgleich er dem Wesen nach als Ātman ungeboren ist, von verderbtem Verstand und wendet sich von der Wahrheit der Wirklichkeit ab.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that treating Śiva—Pati and Parameśvara—as merely one god among many is a spiritual error that produces hostility, wrong understanding, and a turning away from tattva (true reality), obstructing liberation.
Linga and saguna-upāsanā are meant to be performed with the conviction that Śiva is the Supreme Lord; if one worships while mentally reducing Him to an ordinary deva, the inner attitude becomes contrary to Śiva-tattva and devotion loses its purifying power.
The implied practice is to avoid Śiva-aparādha and cultivate right bhāva: daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with reverence for Śiva as Parameśvara, and worship (pūjā/abhiṣeka) done without contempt or rivalry toward Śiva.