Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 33
भद्रस्य दिव्यरथारोहणं शङ्खनादश्च — Bhadra’s Divine Chariot-Ascent and the Conch-Blast
सर्वांस्तान्क्षणमात्रेण त्रैपुरानिव शंकरः । निर्ददाह महाबाहुर्नेत्रसृष्टेन वह्निना
sarvāṃstānkṣaṇamātreṇa traipurāniva śaṃkaraḥ | nirdadāha mahābāhurnetrasṛṣṭena vahninā
Da verbrannte Śaṅkara, der Herr mit mächtigen Armen, sie alle in einem einzigen Augenblick—wie er einst die Tripuras zu Asche machte—durch das Feuer, das aus seinem Auge hervorbrach.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Tripurantaka
Sthala Purana: Allusion to Tripuradahana: Śiva, as Tripurāntaka, burns the three aerial cities of the Asuras at the destined moment, demonstrating Pati’s supremacy over all divine powers.
Type: stotra
Role: destructive
FAQs
It portrays Śiva as Pati—the supreme Lord—whose consciousness-fire instantly dissolves hostile forces and inner impurities; in Shaiva Siddhanta terms, his grace removes bondage (pāśa) and protects the soul (paśu) from delusion.
The verse highlights Saguna Śiva’s active divine power: the same Lord worshipped in the Liṅga manifests as the cosmic protector who burns ignorance; Liṅga worship trains the devotee to surrender ego and receive Śiva’s purifying grace.
Meditate on Śiva’s jñāna-agni (fire of awareness) while repeating the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—and apply Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) as a reminder that all impurities are to be burned in Śiva-consciousness.