Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 48
देव-गण-समरः
Devas and Śiva’s Gaṇas Engage in Battle
वीरभद्र उवाच । रेरे हरे महादेव शपथोल्लंघनं त्वया । कथमद्य कृतं चित्ते गर्वः किमभवत्तव
vīrabhadra uvāca | rere hare mahādeva śapathollaṃghanaṃ tvayā | kathamadya kṛtaṃ citte garvaḥ kimabhavattava
वीरभद्र ने कहा— अरे अरे हरे! महादेव! तुमने अपनी शपथ का उल्लंघन किया है। आज यह कैसे किया? तुम्हारे चित्त में यह गर्व क्यों उठा?
Vīrabhadra
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Vīrabhadra
FAQs
The verse highlights the Shaiva emphasis on niyama (disciplined observance) and humility: pride (garva) and vow-breaking are shown as spiritually dangerous impulses that disturb right order (dharma), even when spoken within a dramatic, puranic confrontation.
Saguna Shiva is approached as Mahādeva who upholds dharma; this verse frames Shiva’s presence in story as a moral and spiritual axis—devotion to the Linga is not mere ritual, but reverence for the Lord who embodies truthfulness and disciplined conduct.
A practical takeaway is vow-discipline: keep a vrata with sincerity, recite the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) daily, and cultivate humility as an inner offering—so that worship is supported by ethical steadiness.