Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 33
दिव्यरथारोहणम् — Śiva’s Ascent on the Divine Chariot
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गणेश्वरैर्देवगणैश्च भृङ्गी समावृतस्सर्वगणेन्द्रवर्यः । जगाम योगांस्त्रिपुरं निहंतुं विमानमारुह्य यथा महेन्द्रः
gaṇeśvarairdevagaṇaiśca bhṛṅgī samāvṛtassarvagaṇendravaryaḥ | jagāma yogāṃstripuraṃ nihaṃtuṃ vimānamāruhya yathā mahendraḥ
Umgeben von den Herren der gaṇas, von Scharen göttlicher Gefolgsleute und von Bhṛṅgī brach jener Vorzüglichste unter allen gaṇa-Führern—durch yogische Macht—auf, um Tripura zu vernichten; er bestieg einen himmlischen Wagen, wie Mahendra (Indra) sein Luftgefährt besteigt.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Tripurāntaka
FAQs
It portrays Shiva’s divine order moving through yogic mastery: the gaṇas and devas unite under the Supreme Lord’s will to dismantle Tripura—symbolic of the threefold bondage (āṇava, karma, māyā) that Siddhānta teaches Shiva alone can dissolve.
The verse highlights Saguna Shiva’s leela—Shiva as the active Lord who leads his gaṇas to restore dharma. Linga-worship remembers this same Pati (Lord) as the accessible form through which grace descends and bondage is destroyed.
Meditate on Shiva as Gaṇeśvara with the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” visualizing Tripura as inner impurities; support the practice with vibhūti (Tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa as reminders of renunciation and Shiva’s protecting presence.