Shloka 7
चक्रुस्तदाजिं सह वीरकेण प्रह्लादमुख्या दितिजप्रधानाः । लज्जांकुशाकृष्टधियो बभूवुस्सुदारुणाः शस्त्रशतैरनेकैः
cakrustadājiṃ saha vīrakeṇa prahlādamukhyā ditijapradhānāḥ | lajjāṃkuśākṛṣṭadhiyo babhūvussudāruṇāḥ śastraśatairanekaiḥ
Then the foremost Dānavas—led by Prahlāda—joined battle together with Vīraka. Their minds, as though driven by the goad of shame, turned fierce; and with countless hundreds of weapons they became exceedingly terrible in combat.
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Rudra
FAQs
It shows how beings bound by pasha (bondage)—here, pride and shame—are driven into harsher karma through violence; in Shaiva Siddhanta, liberation comes not from reactive force but from turning the mind toward Pati (Shiva) through devotion and right understanding.
The battle imagery contrasts worldly power with the need for refuge in Saguna Shiva, the compassionate Lord worshipped as the Liṅga; when the mind is “goaded” by egoic emotions, Liṅga-worship and surrender are presented throughout the Purana as the stabilizing antidote.
A practical takeaway is to counter shame-anger reactivity with japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and calm, steady worship (including Tripuṇḍra-bhasma and Rudrākṣa where prescribed), redirecting the mind from agitation to Shiva-centered composure.