Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 37
शिवशङ्खचूडयुद्धवर्णनम् / Description of the Battle between Śiva and Śaṅkhacūḍa
छिन्नायां स्वगदायां च चुकोपातीव दानवः । शूलं जग्राह तेजस्वी परेषां दुस्सहं ज्वलत्
chinnāyāṃ svagadāyāṃ ca cukopātīva dānavaḥ | śūlaṃ jagrāha tejasvī pareṣāṃ dussahaṃ jvalat
अपनी गदा कटते ही दानव अत्यन्त क्रोधित हो उठा; तब वह तेजस्वी शत्रुओं के लिए असह्य, ज्वलन्त त्रिशूल उठा लाया।
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Rudra
FAQs
The verse highlights how wounded pride turns into consuming anger, symbolized by the demon abandoning restraint and grasping a more destructive weapon—an image of the pashu (bound soul) being driven by krodha rather than dharma.
The trident (śūla) is a key emblem of Saguna Shiva’s protective power; even in battle narratives, such symbols remind devotees that Shiva’s divine instruments subdue chaos and restore cosmic order.
A practical takeaway is anger-management through japa of the Panchakshara—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—and cultivating steadiness (śānti), so the inner ‘weapon’ becomes discrimination rather than rage.