अनरण्यसुता–पिप्पलादचरितम् / The Episode of Anaraṇya’s Daughter and Sage Pippalāda
शत्रुं मित्रं सम्विधातुं प्रीतिञ्च कलहं क्षमः । स्रष्टुं नष्टुं च यस्सृष्टिं नमस्तस्मै शिवाय हि
śatruṃ mitraṃ samvidhātuṃ prītiñca kalahaṃ kṣamaḥ | sraṣṭuṃ naṣṭuṃ ca yassṛṣṭiṃ namastasmai śivāya hi
សូមនមស្ការព្រះអម្ចាស់សិវៈនោះ—ព្រះអង្គអាចបម្លែងសត្រូវឲ្យក្លាយជាមិត្ត អាចបង្កើតទាំងសេចក្ដីស្រឡាញ់ និងជម្លោះ ហើយជាអម្ចាស់សೃષ્ટិ អាចបង្កើតពិភពលោក និងរំលាយវាបាន។
Sūta Gosvāmi (narrating the Śiva Purāṇa to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya, within the Pārvatīkhaṇḍa stuti-context)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Mantra: शत्रुं मित्रं सम्विधातुं प्रीतिञ्च कलहं क्षमः । स्रष्टुं नष्टुं च यस्सृष्टिं नमस्तस्मै शिवाय हि
Type: stotra
It proclaims Śiva as the supreme Pati who governs opposites—friendship and enmity, harmony and conflict—and who alone has authority over manifestation and dissolution; surrender to Him steadies the devotee beyond duality and leads toward liberation.
The verse supports Saguna upāsanā by praising Śiva’s visible lordship over worldly outcomes; in Liṅga worship, the devotee offers all changing relations and events into the stable symbol of the Pati, recognizing that creation and dissolution proceed from Him.
A practical takeaway is japa of the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—with the intention of offering both love and conflict to Śiva, cultivating inner equanimity; this can be paired with simple Liṅga-abhiṣeka as an act of surrender.