Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 35
हिरण्यकशिपोः क्रोधः तथा देवप्रजाकदनम् — Hiraṇyakaśipu’s Wrath and the Affliction of Devas and Beings
संयुध्यतोरेव तयोर्जगाम ब्राह्मं दिनं व्यास हि शस्त्रपाण्योः । प्रवीरयोर्वीररवेण गर्जतोः परस्परं क्रोधसुयुक्तचेतसोः
saṃyudhyatoreva tayorjagāma brāhmaṃ dinaṃ vyāsa hi śastrapāṇyoḥ | pravīrayorvīraraveṇa garjatoḥ parasparaṃ krodhasuyuktacetasoḥ
おお、ヴィヤーサよ、武器を手にした二人の強大な戦士が戦い続けるうちに、ブラフマーの丸一日が過ぎ去った。彼らは英雄的な咆哮を上げ、互いに雷鳴のように叫び、その心は怒りに支配されていた。
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Rudra
Cosmic Event: A ‘day of Brahmā’ elapses, invoking brahmāṇḍic time-scale (kalpa-level imagination) to magnify the combat.
FAQs
The verse contrasts vast cosmic time (‘a day of Brahmā’) with the narrow bondage of krodha: even as ages pass, the unmastered mind remains chained. In Shaiva Siddhanta terms, anger is a form of pasha (bondage) that obscures clarity and delays the soul’s movement toward Shiva’s grace.
The battle’s prolonged fury highlights the need for anchoring the mind in Saguna Shiva—commonly through Linga worship—so the devotee’s inner ‘war’ of passions is pacified. Linga-puja, offered with restraint and devotion, is a practical means to turn from wrath to śānti and receptivity to Shiva’s anugraha (grace).
A direct takeaway is krodha-śamana through japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and steadying practices like vibhūti (Tripuṇḍra) application with remembrance of Shiva, cultivating inner coolness and self-control amid agitation.