Shloka 28
नन्दिकेश्वरावताराभिषेकविवाहवर्णनम्
Nandikeśvara: Incarnation, Consecration, and Marriage—Description
बद्ध्वेन्द्रं सह देवैश्च विष्णुं वा पार्षदैः सह । आनयामः सुसंकुद्धान्दैत्यान्वा दानवैः सह
baddhvendraṃ saha devaiśca viṣṇuṃ vā pārṣadaiḥ saha | ānayāmaḥ susaṃkuddhāndaityānvā dānavaiḥ saha
“Having bound Indra along with the gods—or even Viṣṇu together with his attendants—we shall bring them here. Or else, being exceedingly enraged, we shall bring the Daityas along with the Dānavas.”
Suta Goswami (narrating the Shatarudra Samhita account to the sages, reporting the words of hostile forces in the narrative)
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Bhairava
FAQs
The verse highlights how beings driven by wrath and domination fixate on binding even the highest deities—showing that power without dharma is bondage itself; Shaiva teaching ultimately points beyond such conflict to refuge in Pati (Shiva), the Lord who grants liberation.
In Shaiva Siddhanta, Saguna Shiva (worshipped as the Linga) is the supreme governor of all cosmic orders; narratives where even Indra or Vishnu are threatened underscore that devotees should seek stability in Shiva’s grace rather than in shifting worldly or celestial authority.
As an antidote to anger and coercive tendencies depicted here, devotees traditionally take up japa of the Panchakshara mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and rudrākṣa as reminders of restraint, purity, and surrender to Shiva.