Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 36
विदलोत्पलदैत्ययोरुत्पत्तिः देवपराजयः ब्रह्मोपदेशः नारदप्रेषणम्
Vidalotpala Daityas, Defeat of the Devas, Brahmā’s Counsel, and Nārada’s Mission
इति तं वर्णितं तात चरितं परमाद्भुतम् । शिवयोर्भक्तवात्सल्यसूचकं शिवदं सताम्
iti taṃ varṇitaṃ tāta caritaṃ paramādbhutam | śivayorbhaktavātsalyasūcakaṃ śivadaṃ satām
Ainsi, ô cher enfant, cet épisode suprêmement merveilleux a été relaté—un récit qui manifeste la tendre sollicitude de Śiva envers Ses dévots et qui confère aux vertueux la grâce et l’auspice de Śiva.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: Concluding colophon-like verse: the narrated episode is ‘paramādbhuta’ and explicitly identified as revealing bhakta-vātsalya and as ‘śivadam’—bestowing Śiva (auspiciousness/grace/liberation) to the virtuous.
Significance: Frames the entire chapter as a grace-bearing text; in Siddhānta terms, it points to anugraha as the decisive factor that converts narrative hearing into salvific benefit.
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
FAQs
The verse highlights bhakta-vātsalya—Śiva’s tender protection of devotees—and teaches that hearing/remembering such sacred episodes purifies the heart and draws Śiva’s anugraha (grace), leading the virtuous toward auspiciousness and liberation.
By praising Śiva’s compassionate dealings with devotees, it supports Saguna worship—approaching Śiva as a personal Lord who responds to bhakti. Such remembrance naturally culminates in reverence for Śiva’s presence in the Liṅga, the accessible form through which grace is received.
A practical takeaway is śravaṇa and smaraṇa (listening to and contemplating Śiva’s deeds) alongside japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” as a devotion-centered discipline to invite Śiva’s auspicious grace (śivadāna).