Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 55
हिरण्यनेत्रस्य तपः — Hiraṇyanetra’s Austerity and the Boon
विमुंच शस्त्राणि मयाद्य चोक्तः कुरुष्व पश्चात्तव एव शुद्धम् । उल्लंघ्य मच्छासनमप्रधृष्यं विमोक्ष्यसे सर्वमिदं शरीरम्
vimuṃca śastrāṇi mayādya coktaḥ kuruṣva paścāttava eva śuddham | ullaṃghya macchāsanamapradhṛṣyaṃ vimokṣyase sarvamidaṃ śarīram
Leg deine Waffen nieder, wie ich es dir heute befehle. Dann tue das, was für dich wahrhaft reinigend ist. Wenn du es wagst, mein unanfechtbares Dekret zu übertreten, wirst du dieses ganzen Körpers beraubt werden.
Lord Shiva (as the supreme commander in the battle narrative, issuing an unassailable injunction)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
FAQs
It teaches that the soul’s true purification begins with surrender to Pati (Lord Shiva): abandoning violent egoic action and aligning with Shiva’s unerring command, which governs karma and the fate of the embodied being.
Saguna Shiva is shown as the living Lord who instructs, restrains, and protects through dharma; Linga-worship expresses this same surrender—placing one’s actions under Shiva’s śāsana (divine ordinance) rather than personal will.
The takeaway is śaraṇāgati (surrender): cease harmful action, take up purification through japa of “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and maintain Tripuṇḍra-bhasma and Rudrākṣa as disciplines that remind the devotee to obey Shiva’s command and seek inner cleansing.