Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 41
त्रिपुरदाहवर्णनम् | Tripura-dāha-varṇanam
Description of the Burning of Tripura
सन्निपातो हि येषां नो विद्यते नाशकारकः । दैत्यानामन्यसत्त्वानां भावाभावे कृताकृते
sannipāto hi yeṣāṃ no vidyate nāśakārakaḥ | daityānāmanyasattvānāṃ bhāvābhāve kṛtākṛte
Pour les êtres en qui n’existe aucune conjonction de causes devenant instrument de destruction—qu’ils soient Daitya ou autres créatures—dans les états d’être et de non-être, il n’y a ni « fait » ni « non fait », c’est-à-dire aucune conséquence qui enchaîne.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Yuddhakhaṇḍa account to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pasha
Sthala Purana: A metaphysical aside: where the ‘sannipāta’ (conjunction of causal conditions) that produces destruction is absent, the dualities of bhāva/abhāva and kṛta/akṛta lose operative force. In Siddhānta terms, this hints at how karmic causality binds only within māyā’s causal nexus.
Significance: Encourages philosophical discernment: seeing ‘done/undone’ as binding only under pāśa; supports contemplative detachment and reliance on Śiva’s grace to transcend causal entanglement.
Role: teaching
FAQs
It highlights that destruction and karmic consequence depend on a specific conjunction of causes; without that operative nexus, events do not yield binding ‘done/undone’ results—pointing to Shiva as the ultimate governor beyond mere material causality.
In Shaiva understanding, Saguna Shiva (worshipped as the Liṅga) is the Lord who presides over creation, preservation, and dissolution; this verse underscores that outcomes like destruction are not random but occur under a higher order ultimately rooted in Shiva’s governance.
A practical takeaway is steady japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with Tripuṇḍra and Rudrākṣa, cultivating insight that Shiva alone is the decisive cause beyond shifting conditions of bhāva/abhāva.