Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 10
शङ्खचूडकस्य राज्याभिषेकः तथा शक्रपुरीं प्रति प्रस्थानम् | Śaṅkhacūḍa’s Coronation and March toward Indra’s City
स सेनां महतीं कर्षन्दैत्यदानवरक्षसाम् । रथमास्थाय तरसा जेतुं शक्रपुरीं ययौ
sa senāṃ mahatīṃ karṣandaityadānavarakṣasām | rathamāsthāya tarasā jetuṃ śakrapurīṃ yayau
Eine gewaltige Heerschar aus Daityas, Dānavas und Rākṣasas mit sich ziehend, bestieg er seinen Wagen und brach in großer Eile auf, um Śakras Stadt (Amarāvatī) zu erobern.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Role: destructive
FAQs
The verse highlights the momentum of asuric ambition—power driven by conquest. In a Shaiva Siddhanta lens, such outward victory is transient; only turning toward Pati (Shiva) dissolves bondage (pāśa) and ends the cycle of conflict fueled by ego and desire.
The narrative contrasts worldly dominion (even over Śakra’s realm) with the higher refuge of Saguna Shiva worship—Linga-upāsanā that purifies intention. It implies that without Shiva’s grace, realms and victories remain impermanent and cannot secure lasting peace.
As an antidote to restless conquest-mind, the practical takeaway is japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with steadiness, along with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as reminders to restrain ego and align action to Shiva’s will.