Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 24
मुनिप्रश्नवर्णनम्
Description of the Sages’ Questions
गीयमानो वितृष्णैश्च भवरोगौषधोऽपि हि । मनःश्रोत्राभिरामश्च यत्तस्सर्वार्थदस्स वै
gīyamāno vitṛṣṇaiśca bhavarogauṣadho'pi hi | manaḥśrotrābhirāmaśca yattassarvārthadassa vai
Lorsqu’il est chanté par ceux qui sont sans désir, il devient vraiment un remède à la maladie du devenir mondain (saṃsāra). Et parce qu’il charme l’esprit et l’oreille, il accorde assurément tous les buts dignes de la vie.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya within the Rudrasaṃhitā context)
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: Not site-specific; presents Śiva-kīrtana as ‘bhavaroga-auṣadhi’—a doctrinal metaphor for curing saṃsāra produced by pāśa (bondage).
Significance: Positions Śiva’s praise as a therapeutic sādhana: it alleviates bhava (repeated becoming) and yields puruṣārthas; encourages tīrtha-like reliance on nāma/kathā rather than mere travel.
Type: stotra
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It teaches that Shiva-stuti (praise of Shiva), when performed with vairagya (freedom from craving), becomes a direct remedy for bhavaroga—the bondage of repeated birth and death—leading the devotee toward Shiva’s grace and liberation.
Singing Shiva’s glories is a core limb of Saguna worship—often done before the Shiva-linga through nāma-saṅkīrtana and stotra—where sound (śabda) and devotion purify the mind and make it fit to receive Shiva’s anugraha (grace).
Practice daily nāma-japa and stotra-pāṭha with a desireless attitude—ideally before a Shiva-linga, with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and rudrākṣa—treating the praise as inner medicine for samsara rather than a means for mere worldly gain.