Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 4
शङ्खचूडस्य मायायुद्धं तथा माहेश्वरास्त्रप्रभावः | Śaṅkhacūḍa’s Māyā-Warfare and the Power of the Māheśvara Astra
दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि चिक्षेप महारुद्राय दानवः । चकार शरवृष्टिञ्च तोयवृष्टिं यथा घनः
divyānyastrāṇi cikṣepa mahārudrāya dānavaḥ | cakāra śaravṛṣṭiñca toyavṛṣṭiṃ yathā ghanaḥ
Le Dānava lança des armes célestes sur Mahārudra, et fit tomber une pluie de flèches, telle une nuée déversant des torrents de pluie.
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Rudra
FAQs
It portrays how hostile power and dazzling “divine weapons” still fall short before Mahārudra; symbolically, the soul’s liberation comes when destructive ego-force is exhausted against the Lord’s sovereign will (Pati), who alone governs all powers.
Mahārudra here is Saguna Śiva—personally manifest and active in protecting cosmic order. Linga-worship trains the devotee to see that the same supreme reality, worshipped as the Linga, can also appear as the Lord who subdues adharma.
A practical takeaway is steadiness in japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and taking refuge in Śiva during inner conflict; the verse supports bhakti-based surrender rather than retaliatory anger.