Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 7
अन्धकादिदैत्ययुद्धे वीरकविजयः — Vīraka’s Victory over Andhaka’s Forces
चक्रुस्तदाजिं सह वीरकेण प्रह्लादमुख्या दितिजप्रधानाः । लज्जांकुशाकृष्टधियो बभूवुस्सुदारुणाः शस्त्रशतैरनेकैः
cakrustadājiṃ saha vīrakeṇa prahlādamukhyā ditijapradhānāḥ | lajjāṃkuśākṛṣṭadhiyo babhūvussudāruṇāḥ śastraśatairanekaiḥ
ಆಗ ಪ್ರಹ್ಲಾದ ಮುಂತಾದ ದಿತಿಜಪ್ರಧಾನರು ವೀರಕನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸೇರಿ ಆ ಯುದ್ಧಕ್ಕೆ ಇಳಿದರು. ಲಜ್ಜೆಯೆಂಬ ಅಂಕುಶದಿಂದ ತಳ್ಳಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಂತೆ ಅವರ ಮನಗಳು ಉಗ್ರವಾದವು; ಅನೇಕ ಶಸ್ತ್ರಗಳ ನೂರಾರುಗಳಿಂದ ಅವರು ರಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಭೀಕರರಾದರು।
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Rudra
FAQs
It shows how beings bound by pasha (bondage)—here, pride and shame—are driven into harsher karma through violence; in Shaiva Siddhanta, liberation comes not from reactive force but from turning the mind toward Pati (Shiva) through devotion and right understanding.
The battle imagery contrasts worldly power with the need for refuge in Saguna Shiva, the compassionate Lord worshipped as the Liṅga; when the mind is “goaded” by egoic emotions, Liṅga-worship and surrender are presented throughout the Purana as the stabilizing antidote.
A practical takeaway is to counter shame-anger reactivity with japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and calm, steady worship (including Tripuṇḍra-bhasma and Rudrākṣa where prescribed), redirecting the mind from agitation to Shiva-centered composure.