Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 63
तुलसी-शङ्खचूडोपाख्यानम् — Viṣṇu’s Disguise and the Tulasī Episode
Prelude to Śaṅkhacūḍa’s Fall
इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं तव प्रश्नानुसारतः । चरितं पुण्यदं शंभोः सर्वकामप्रदं नृणाम्
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ tava praśnānusārataḥ | caritaṃ puṇyadaṃ śaṃbhoḥ sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇām
ഇങ്ങനെ നിന്റെ ചോദ്യാനുസാരമായി എല്ലാം ഞാൻ വിവരിച്ചു—ശംഭു (ശ്രീശിവൻ)യുടെ ഈ പുണ്യപ്രദ ചരിതം മനുഷ്യർക്കു എല്ലാ ശ്രേഷ്ഠകാമനകളും നൽകുന്നതാണ്.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadashiva
Sthala Purana: Colophon-like phalaśruti: the narrated carita of Śambhu is declared puṇya-da and sarva-kāma-prada. This functions as a generalized ‘listening merit’ (śravaṇa-phala) rather than a site-specific jyotirliṅga māhātmya.
Significance: Affirms śravaṇa/paṭhana of Śiva-kathā as a direct means to puṇya and fulfillment of dhārmic aims, culminating (in Siddhānta reading) in readiness for Śiva’s anugraha.
Type: stotra
FAQs
It serves as a phalaśruti-style conclusion: hearing and remembering Śiva’s carita purifies the mind, generates puṇya, and supports the soul’s movement toward Śiva’s grace—central to a Shaiva Siddhanta understanding of liberation.
By praising Śambhu’s narrated deeds, it affirms Saguna devotion—approaching Śiva through his līlā and names—which naturally culminates in reverence for the Liṅga as the accessible, worshipful form through which grace is received.
Śravaṇa (devout listening/recitation) of Śiva-kathā with remembrance (smaraṇa) is implied; it may be paired with japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” as a focused daily practice.