Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 22
हिरण्यनेत्रस्य तपः — Hiraṇyanetra’s Austerity and the Boon
संस्पृष्टमात्रस्स च दैत्यराजस्संपूर्णदेहो बलवान्बभूव । संजातनेत्रस्सुभगो बभूव हृष्टस्स्वमेव नगरं विवेश
saṃspṛṣṭamātrassa ca daityarājassaṃpūrṇadeho balavānbabhūva | saṃjātanetrassubhago babhūva hṛṣṭassvameva nagaraṃ viveśa
No sooner was he touched than the king of the Daityas became whole in body and mighty in strength. His eyes were restored; he grew handsome and auspicious. Overjoyed, he himself entered his own city.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pashu
FAQs
It highlights anugraha (grace): by contact with a higher power, limitation and deficiency are removed and wholeness is restored—an image of how the bound soul (paśu) is uplifted when touched by the Lord’s power.
The verse echoes Saguna Shiva’s accessible compassion—Shiva’s power is not merely abstract; it acts within the world to protect, heal, and restore, which is the devotional basis for Linga worship as a tangible focus of grace.
Contemplate Shiva’s anugraha while repeating the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and approach worship with the intent of inner restoration—purifying the senses (like the ‘restored eyes’) through mantra-japa and disciplined devotion.