Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 31
दक्षयज्ञदर्शनम् — The Vision of Dakṣa’s Great Sacrifice
and the Onset of Vīrabhadra’s Terror
बिभिदुर्बलिनो वीरा वीरभद्रांगसंभवाः । छिंधि भिंधि क्षिप क्षिप्रं मार्यतां दार्यतामिति
bibhidurbalino vīrā vīrabhadrāṃgasaṃbhavāḥ | chiṃdhi bhiṃdhi kṣipa kṣipraṃ māryatāṃ dāryatāmiti
Alors ces héros puissants—nés des propres membres de Vīrabhadra—se ruèrent et frappèrent, en criant : «Tranche ! Perce ! Jette-le—vite ! Qu’il soit tué ! Qu’il soit déchiré !»
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Vīrabhadra
Sthala Purana: Context is the Vīrabhadra episode (Dakṣa-yajña dhvaṃsa): wrath-born gaṇas emerge from Vīrabhadra’s body to punish adharmic sacrilege; not a Jyotirliṅga māhātmya passage.
Significance: Didactic: warns that yajña/ritual without Śiva-bhakti and humility becomes pāśa (bondage) and invites saṃhāra; encourages refuge in Śiva’s anugraha after repentance.
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: destructive
FAQs
It portrays the unstoppable force of Shiva’s will (Pati) manifesting through Vīrabhadra’s hosts to restore dharma; in Shaiva Siddhanta, the lesson is that ego and adharmic action invite the binding consequences of pāśa, while surrender to Shiva leads toward release.
The verse reflects Saguna Shiva’s active, protective governance of the cosmos—Shiva is worshipped as the Linga (transcendent presence) yet also as the Lord who, through forms like Vīrabhadra, intervenes to uphold sacred order.
The practical takeaway is to cultivate śiva-bhakti and inner restraint: meditate on the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with humility, and adopt Shaiva observances like vibhūti (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa as reminders to cut (chiṃdhi) the inner bonds of anger and ego rather than harming others.