Shloka 55
Kṛṣṇādi-Śivabhaktoddhāraṇa & Śiva-māhātmya-varṇana
Deliverance of Krishna and other devotees; Description of Shiva’s Greatness
रावणं सगणं हत्वा सेतुं बद्ध्वांभसांनिधौ । सीतां प्राप्य गृहं यातो बुभुजे निखिलां महीम्
rāvaṇaṃ sagaṇaṃ hatvā setuṃ baddhvāṃbhasāṃnidhau | sītāṃ prāpya gṛhaṃ yāto bubhuje nikhilāṃ mahīm
ರಾವಣನನ್ನು ಅವನ ಬಳಗದೊಡನೆ ಸಂಹರಿಸಿ, ಸಮುದ್ರತೀರದಲ್ಲಿ ಸೇತುವೆ ಕಟ್ಟಿಸಿ, ಸೀತೆಯನ್ನು ಮರಳಿ ಪಡೆದು ಮನೆಗೆ ಹೋದನು; ನಂತರ ಧರ್ಮಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಭೂಮಿಯನ್ನು ಆಳಿದನು।
Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana account to the sages, as typical for Uma Samhita discourse)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Tripurāntaka
Jyotirlinga: Rāmeśvara
Sthala Purana: Setubandha and Laṅkā-vijaya culminate in Śiva-worship at Setu; the victory is ritually sealed through liṅga-pūjā, giving the place enduring tīrtha-status.
Significance: Pilgrimage integrates kṣātra-vijaya with śaiva-śuddhi: conquest is subordinated to dharma and expiation through Śiva.
FAQs
It presents the victory of dharma over adharma: conquering hostile forces, restoring what is right (Sītā), and then ruling the world responsibly—an outer image of the inner yogic ideal where the purified mind becomes fit for grace and right living under Pati (Śiva).
Though Śiva is not named in the verse, the Shiva Purana often frames such victories as the fruit of devotion and divine order upheld by Saguna Shiva; righteous action aligned to dharma is treated as supportive to bhakti and worthy of Śiva’s anugraha (grace).
The practical takeaway is dharma-centered sādhanā: daily japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with steady conduct; if performed, Tripuṇḍra-bhasma and Rudrākṣa support remembrance and restraint while living one’s duties.