Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 52
त्रिपुरदीक्षाविधानम् — Tripura Dīkṣā: Prescriptive Procedure
Chapter on the Ordinance of Initiation
सनत्कुमार उवाच । तदीयं स वचः श्रुत्वा महदर्थसुगर्भितम् । विस्मितो हृदि दैत्येशो जगौ तत्र विमोहितः
sanatkumāra uvāca | tadīyaṃ sa vacaḥ śrutvā mahadarthasugarbhitam | vismito hṛdi daityeśo jagau tatra vimohitaḥ
സനത്കുമാരൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഗഹനാർത്ഥസമ്പന്നമായ ആ വചനം കേട്ടപ്പോൾ ദൈത്യാധിപൻ ഹൃദയത്തിൽ വിസ്മയിച്ചു; അവിടെയേ തന്നെ മോഹിതനായി സംസാരിച്ചു।
Sanatkumara
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
FAQs
It highlights how truth-bearing speech can pierce ego and power, producing inner astonishment and moha; in Shaiva thought, such disruption can become the first crack through which grace and right understanding may enter.
Though the Linga is not named here, the verse sets the psychological ground for devotion: when worldly authority is shaken by higher meaning, the mind becomes ready to turn from asuric pride toward Saguna Shiva’s guidance and the stabilizing refuge of worship.
A practical takeaway is śravaṇa-manana (listening and reflecting on Shiva-kathā) to dissolve delusion; one may support this with steady japa of the Panchakshara—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—to regain clarity and inner composure.