Shloka 38
स हि जित्वा ततस्तं च कामरूपेश्वरं प्रभुम् । बबंध ताडयामास भीमो भीमपराक्रमः
sa hi jitvā tatastaṃ ca kāmarūpeśvaraṃ prabhum | babaṃdha tāḍayāmāsa bhīmo bhīmaparākramaḥ
Having conquered that Lord of Kāmarūpa, Bhīma—of dreadful prowess—bound him and struck him.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Sthala Purana: The verse depicts adharma overpowering a Śiva-associated sovereign in Kāmarūpa; it functions as a narrative prelude to the king’s later turning to Śiva for protection and grace rather than a Jyotirliṅga origin episode.
Significance: Didactic: worldly power that humiliates dharma becomes the occasion for Śiva’s anugraha through later devotion; a warning against violence toward Śiva-bhaktas.
FAQs
It highlights the Shaiva teaching that worldly sovereignty and physical might can subdue others, yet they do not confer liberation; true auspiciousness comes from aligning with Pati (Śiva) rather than exercising domination over pashu (bound beings).
In Koṭirudrasaṃhitā contexts tied to Jyotirliṅga lore, such episodes contrast coercive power with the sanctifying refuge of Saguna Śiva manifested as the Liṅga—where devotion and surrender transform the bound condition rather than intensify conflict.
As a practical takeaway, one should replace aggression with Śiva-smaraṇa: japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and worship at a Liṅga with bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa, cultivating restraint and devotion.