Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 55
दधीच-शाप-हेतु-वर्णनम् / The Cause of Dadhīca’s Curse
Explaining Viṣṇu’s Role at Dakṣa’s Sacrifice
अवध्यस्सर्वदा सर्वैश्शंकरस्य प्रभावतः । तमाराध्य महादेवं मृत्युंजयमनामयम्
avadhyassarvadā sarvaiśśaṃkarasya prabhāvataḥ | tamārādhya mahādevaṃ mṛtyuṃjayamanāmayam
シャンカラ（Śaṅkara）の威力により、人はあらゆるものに対して常に不壊となる。ゆえに礼拝せよ、マハーデーヴァ—ムリティユンジャヤ（Mṛtyuñjaya）、死を征する御方—一切の苦患なき主を。
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Jyotirlinga: Vaidyanātha
Sthala Purana: Vaidyanātha (Deoghar) is famed as Śiva the Divine Physician; the epithet anāmaya (free from disease) and Mṛtyuñjaya (conqueror of death) resonate with the sthala’s healing and life-protecting theology, though this verse is not a direct sthala narrative.
Significance: Worship of Mṛtyuñjaya-Śiva for protection from untimely death, disease, and fear; cultivation of humility before divine power.
Type: mahamrityunjaya
Role: liberating
Offering: dhupa
FAQs
It teaches that refuge in Śaṅkara’s grace makes the devotee spiritually “unslayable”—protected from the fear and bondage of death—because Mahādeva is Mṛtyuñjaya and the remover of affliction.
It points to Saguna worship—adoring Mahādeva as Mṛtyuñjaya—commonly approached through Liṅga-pūjā, where the devotee seeks Śiva’s protecting presence and healing, while moving toward inner liberation.
Worship of Mṛtyuñjaya Śiva—especially japa of the Mṛtyuñjaya mantra or Panchākṣarī with focused devotion—along with simple Liṅga-archana for health, protection, and freedom from fear.