Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 36
शैवधर्मप्रशंसा तथा पञ्चविधसाधनविभागः / Praise of Śaiva Dharma and the Fivefold Classification of Practice
रुद्दुःखं दुःखहेतुर्वा तद्रावयति नः प्रभुः । रुद्र इत्युच्यते सद्भिः शिवः परमकारणम्
rudduḥkhaṃ duḥkhaheturvā tadrāvayati naḥ prabhuḥ | rudra ityucyate sadbhiḥ śivaḥ paramakāraṇam
Whether it is sorrow itself or the very cause of sorrow, our Lord makes it cry out and drives it away. Therefore the noble call Him “Rudra”; that Shiva is the Supreme Cause.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Rudra
Significance: Frames Śiva as the remover of duḥkha and its causes; supports the general tīrtha-idea that darśana and worship of Śiva alleviates affliction and grants śānti.
Type: stotra
FAQs
It defines Rudra as the Lord who expels both suffering and its root-cause, pointing to Shiva as Pati—the supreme causal reality who alone can sever bondage (pāśa) and grant liberation.
In Saguna worship, the devotee approaches Shiva as Rudra—the compassionate remover of duḥkha—through Linga-pūjā, mantra, and devotion, trusting that the Supreme Cause responds by dissolving both pain and its karmic seeds.
Japa of Shiva’s names—especially “Rudra” and the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya)—with steady dhyāna on Shiva as the inner Lord is the practical takeaway for uprooting duḥkha and its causes.