Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 27
दुन्दुभिनिर्ह्रादनिर्णयः / Dundubhinirhrāda’s Stratagem: Targeting the Brāhmaṇas
अथ सर्वं गतश्शम्भुर्ज्ञात्वा तस्याशयं हरः । दैत्यस्य दुष्टरूपस्य वधाय विदधे धियम्
atha sarvaṃ gataśśambhurjñātvā tasyāśayaṃ haraḥ | daityasya duṣṭarūpasya vadhāya vidadhe dhiyam
そのとき、すべての成り行きを知るシャンブは、魔の内なる企みを悟った。ハラは、その邪悪な姿のダイティヤを滅するため、討滅の方策を定めた。
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Rudra
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga account; Śiva as omniscient Śambhu perceives the asura’s intention and turns toward saṃhāra of adharma as an aspect of cosmic governance and bhakta-rakṣā.
Significance: Affirms that Śiva’s protective justice is not reactive only; as Pati He knows inner motives (āśaya) and removes hostile pāśa.
Role: destructive
FAQs
It highlights Śiva as Pati (the Lord) who perceives the hidden āśaya (inner motive) behind outward actions and, out of grace, removes adharma—symbolically teaching that the Divine uproots inner corruption, not merely external faults.
Hara’s decisive protection of cosmic order reflects Saguna Shiva—worshiped in the Liṅga as the accessible form of the Supreme who responds to devotees, restrains demonic tendencies, and restores dharma.
Cultivate inner purity alongside outer worship: perform Liṅga-abhiṣeka while repeating the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and meditate that Hara removes the ‘demonic’ āśaya within—anger, pride, and deceit.