Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 28
त्रिपुरवर्णनम् (Tripura-varṇanam) — “Description of Tripura”
किमर्थं सुतपस्तप्तं कथयध्वं सुरद्विषां । सर्वेषां तपसो दाता सर्वकर्तास्मि सर्वदा
kimarthaṃ sutapastaptaṃ kathayadhvaṃ suradviṣāṃ | sarveṣāṃ tapaso dātā sarvakartāsmi sarvadā
「何のために、このすぐれたタパス（苦行）を修したのか。告げよ、神々に敵対する者たちよ。我は常に一切のタパスの果を授け、また常に万事を成就させる普遍の行為者である。」
Lord Shiva (as the Supreme Pati, bestower of the fruits of tapas)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: liberating
FAQs
The verse establishes Shiva as Pati—the supreme Lord who both empowers austerity and grants its fruit. Tapas is not autonomous; its fulfillment depends on Shiva’s grace, aligning effort with divine sanction.
It supports Saguna Shiva worship by portraying Shiva as the responsive Lord who questions the devotee’s intent and then bestows results. In Linga worship, one approaches the same all-doer Shiva as the accessible giver of boons and liberation.
Clarify saṅkalpa (purpose) before worship, then perform steady tapas with Shiva-centered japa—especially the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—optionally supported by Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as Shaiva aids to discipline and devotion.