Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 34
जलंधरयुद्धे मायाप्रयोगः — Jalandhara’s Māyā in the Battle with Śiva
इन्द्राग्नियमवित्तेशवायुवारीश्वरादयः । न सेहिरे यथा नागा गंधं पक्षिपतेरिव
indrāgniyamavitteśavāyuvārīśvarādayaḥ | na sehire yathā nāgā gaṃdhaṃ pakṣipateriva
Indra, Agni, Yama, Kubera—señor de las riquezas—, Vāyu, Varuṇa, Īśvara y los demás dioses no pudieron soportarlo; como las serpientes no resisten la fragancia, cual si la arrojara Garuḍa, señor de las aves.
Sūta Gosvāmi (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Rudra
FAQs
It highlights Shiva’s unsurpassed sovereignty (Pati-tattva): even the highest devas lose composure before the overwhelming force that arises in Shiva’s cosmic play, teaching that liberation depends on surrender to Shiva rather than on worldly rank or power.
Like serpents recoiling at Garuḍa’s presence, the gods recoil before the manifest (saguṇa) majesty of Shiva in the narrative—reminding devotees that the Liṅga is the accessible, worshipful form through which the transcendent Lord makes His supremacy experientially known.
Adopt humility and steadiness through japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and disciplined Śaiva worship (e.g., Tripuṇḍra/bhasma and Rudrākṣa with devotion), so the mind does not “fail to endure” when confronted by intense spiritual power or fear.