Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 37
दक्षयज्ञ-प्रसङ्गे देवतानां आश्वासनं तथा दण्डविधानम् | Consolation of the Devas and the Ordinance of Consequences in the Dakṣa-Yajña Episode
साधूनां कल्पवृक्षस्त्वं दुष्टानां दंडधृक्सदा । स्वतंत्रः परमात्मा हि भक्ताभीष्टवरप्रदः
sādhūnāṃ kalpavṛkṣastvaṃ duṣṭānāṃ daṃḍadhṛksadā | svataṃtraḥ paramātmā hi bhaktābhīṣṭavarapradaḥ
Den Tugendhaften bist du der Wunsch erfüllende Baum, der Kalpavṛkṣa; den Bösen bist du stets der Träger der Strafe. Wahrlich, du bist der höchst unabhängige Paramātman, der Spender von Gaben, die die innigen Wünsche der Bhaktas erfüllen.
Sati (addressing Lord Shiva in praise)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
FAQs
It presents Shiva as both compassion and justice: he protects and fulfills the needs of the sādhus through grace, while restraining adharmic forces through righteous punishment—showing him as the svatantra (fully sovereign) Paramātman who governs karma yet responds to devotion.
The verse supports Saguna Shiva worship by affirming a personal Lord who actively grants boons to devotees and upholds dharma. In Linga worship, this same Shiva is approached as the accessible form of the Paramātman—receiving offerings and bestowing anugraha (grace) according to bhakti.
A practical takeaway is bhakti-centered japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as aids—seeking Shiva’s grace for protection, purification of conduct, and the fulfillment of spiritually aligned intentions.