Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 22
शिवतत्त्वे परापरभावविचारः
Inquiry into Śiva’s Principle and the Parā–Aparā Paradox
पुरत्रयं च सस्त्रीकं सदैत्यं सह बालकैः । क्षणेनैकेन देवेन नेत्राग्नेरिंधनीकृतम्
puratrayaṃ ca sastrīkaṃ sadaityaṃ saha bālakaiḥ | kṣaṇenaikena devena netrāgneriṃdhanīkṛtam
In einem einzigen Augenblick machte jener eine Deva—Śiva—die drei Städte, samt ihren Frauen, den Daityas und sogar den Kindern, zum Brennstoff für das Feuer Seines Auges.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Tripurāntaka
Sthala Purana: Evokes Tripura-dahana: Śiva destroys the three demon cities with the fire of his eye, asserting supremacy over asuric power and cosmic order.
Significance: Contemplation of Śiva’s saṃhāra as purification—burning ignorance and adharma in an instant when ripe (kāla).
Type: stotra
FAQs
Tripura symbolizes the threefold bondage (pāśa)—ego, karma, and ignorance—sustaining the soul’s entanglement. Śiva’s eye-fire signifies the Lord’s direct, liberating knowledge-power that burns these bonds instantly when grace dawns.
The verse highlights Saguna Śiva as the active Lord (Pati) who protects dharma by dissolving adharma. In Linga-worship, devotees approach this same Śiva as the visible support of the formless Absolute—seeking purification so the ‘inner Tripura’ is consumed by divine awareness.
Meditate on Śiva’s jñāna-agni (fire of awareness) while repeating the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—and adopt purifying Shaiva disciplines such as Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as reminders to burn inner impurities (mala) and attachments.