Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 37
दक्षयज्ञ-प्रसङ्गे देवतानां आश्वासनं तथा दण्डविधानम् | Consolation of the Devas and the Ordinance of Consequences in the Dakṣa-Yajña Episode
साधूनां कल्पवृक्षस्त्वं दुष्टानां दंडधृक्सदा । स्वतंत्रः परमात्मा हि भक्ताभीष्टवरप्रदः
sādhūnāṃ kalpavṛkṣastvaṃ duṣṭānāṃ daṃḍadhṛksadā | svataṃtraḥ paramātmā hi bhaktābhīṣṭavarapradaḥ
സാധുക്കൾക്കു നീ കല്പവൃക്ഷം; ദുഷ്ടർക്കു നീ എപ്പോഴും ദണ്ഡധാരി. നീ സ്വതന്ത്ര പരമാത്മാവ്; ഭക്തരുടെ അഭീഷ്ട വരങ്ങൾ നൽകുന്നവൻ.
Sati (addressing Lord Shiva in praise)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Mantra: साधूनां कल्पवृक्षस्त्वं दुष्टानां दंडधृक्सदा । स्वतंत्रः परमात्मा हि भक्ताभीष्टवरप्रदः
Type: stotra
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It presents Shiva as both compassion and justice: he protects and fulfills the needs of the sādhus through grace, while restraining adharmic forces through righteous punishment—showing him as the svatantra (fully sovereign) Paramātman who governs karma yet responds to devotion.
The verse supports Saguna Shiva worship by affirming a personal Lord who actively grants boons to devotees and upholds dharma. In Linga worship, this same Shiva is approached as the accessible form of the Paramātman—receiving offerings and bestowing anugraha (grace) according to bhakti.
A practical takeaway is bhakti-centered japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as aids—seeking Shiva’s grace for protection, purification of conduct, and the fulfillment of spiritually aligned intentions.