Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 32
दीक्षितपुत्रस्य दैन्यचिन्ता तथा शिवरात्र्युपासनाप्रसङ्गः / The Initiate’s Son in Distress and the Occasion of Śivarātri Worship
इत्थं तद्वाक्यमाकर्ण्य यामानां शिवकिंकराः । स्मृत्वा शिवपदाम्भोजं प्रोचुः पारिषदास्तु तान्
itthaṃ tadvākyamākarṇya yāmānāṃ śivakiṃkarāḥ | smṛtvā śivapadāmbhojaṃ procuḥ pāriṣadāstu tān
ഇങ്ങനെ ആ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ട യാമങ്ങളുടെ കാവലാളുകളായ ശിവകിങ്കരർ ശ്രീശിവന്റെ പാദപദ്മം സ്മരിച്ചു, മുന്നിലിരുന്ന ആ പരിഷദന്മാരോട് പറഞ്ഞു।
Suta Goswami (narrating the episode to the sages of Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga passage; the verse frames Śiva’s gaṇas (servitors) acting under remembrance of Śiva’s lotus-feet, a classic Purāṇic marker of Śiva’s lordship and grace-bestowal.
Significance: Smaraṇa of Śiva’s pādāmbuja is presented as the immediate spiritual refuge that empowers right speech and right action.
Type: stotra
FAQs
It highlights śaraṇāgati (taking refuge): even powerful divine functionaries first recollect Śiva’s lotus-feet, showing that Pati (Śiva) is the ultimate authority and the true support behind all cosmic administration.
Remembering Śiva’s lotus-feet is a Saguna mode of devotion—fixing the mind on Śiva’s compassionate form and lordship. In Shaiva practice, such remembrance naturally supports Linga-worship as the tangible focus for reverence and inner steadiness.
A simple practice is pāda-smaraṇa (remembrance of Śiva’s feet) alongside japa of the Panchākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—before speaking or acting, aligning one’s will with Śiva’s dharma.