Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 41
दक्षयज्ञदर्शनम् — The Vision of Dakṣa’s Great Sacrifice
and the Onset of Vīrabhadra’s Terror
विक्षिप्य विक्षिप्य जलस्य मध्ये कालांबुदाभाः प्रमथा निनेदुः । उद्वर्तितद्वारकपाटकुड्यं विध्वस्तशालावलभीगवाक्षम्
vikṣipya vikṣipya jalasya madhye kālāṃbudābhāḥ pramathā nineduḥ | udvartitadvārakapāṭakuḍyaṃ vidhvastaśālāvalabhīgavākṣam
Le projetant sans cesse au milieu des eaux, les Pramathas—sombres comme des nuées d’orage—poussèrent de grands rugissements. Les portes, les volets et les murs furent arrachés et renversés; les salles, les poutres et les fenêtres furent brisés et réduits en ruine.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Bhairava
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga episode; this is the destructive irruption of Śiva’s gaṇas (pramathas) into a sacrificial/constructed space, a Purāṇic motif of yajña-vidhvaṃsa when dharma is distorted.
FAQs
The verse depicts Śiva’s Pramathas forcefully dismantling a worldly structure, symbolizing how the Lord’s grace and power shatter hardened ego-structures (pāśa) that bind the soul (paśu), clearing the way toward Śiva (Pati) and liberation.
Though the Liṅga is not named here, the Pramathas are extensions of Saguna Śiva’s active lordship in the world—showing that devotion to Śiva is not merely contemplative but invokes a transforming divine force that removes inner and outer impediments to dharma and worship.
The practical takeaway is to seek obstacle-removal through Śiva-upāsanā—daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” accompanied by Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as reminders to let Śiva’s power break the bindings of pride, fear, and attachment.