Shloka 4
हिरण्यकशिपोः क्रोधः तथा देवप्रजाकदनम् — Hiraṇyakaśipu’s Wrath and the Affliction of Devas and Beings
सनत्कुमार उवाच । भ्रातर्येवं विनिहते हरिणा क्रोडमूर्तिना । हिरण्यकशिपुर्व्यास पर्यतप्यद्रुषा शुचा
sanatkumāra uvāca | bhrātaryevaṃ vinihate hariṇā kroḍamūrtinā | hiraṇyakaśipurvyāsa paryatapyadruṣā śucā
Sanatkumāra said: O Vyāsa, when his brother had thus been slain by Hari in the form of a Boar, Hiraṇyakaśipu was scorched within—burning with wrath and grief.
Sanatkumara
Tattva Level: pashu
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The verse highlights how anger and sorrow can consume the being from within. In a Shaiva Siddhanta lens, such krodha and śoka are forms of pāśa (bondage) that tighten around the paśu (individual soul), obstructing clarity and turning one toward further adharma.
Though the verse names Hari’s Varāha form, the Shiva Purana uses such episodes to show the limits of reactive emotions and egoic vengeance. The implied Shaiva remedy is turning the mind toward Saguna Shiva—through devotion, discipline, and remembrance—so the inner fire of wrath is transformed into tapas oriented toward dharma and liberation.
A practical takeaway is to counter anger with japa and steadiness: repeating the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) while applying Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and cultivating restraint. This redirects turbulent emotions into Shiva-centered mindfulness and inner purification.