Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 15
रुद्ररथ-निर्माणवर्णनम् / Description of Rudra’s Divine Chariot Construction
इन्द्रियाणि च तस्यैव भूषणानि समंततः । श्रद्धा च गतिरस्यैव रथस्य मुनिसत्तम
indriyāṇi ca tasyaiva bhūṣaṇāni samaṃtataḥ | śraddhā ca gatirasyaiva rathasya munisattama
ഹേ മുനിശ്രേഷ്ഠാ, ആ രഥത്തിന്റെ എല്ലാദിക്കിലും ഇന്ദ്രിയങ്ങളേ അതിന്റെ ഭൂഷണങ്ങളാകുന്നു; ശ്രദ്ധയേ ആ രഥത്തിന്റെ ഗതി—മുന്നോട്ടുള്ള യാത്രാമാർഗം—ആകുന്നു.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that spiritual progress is not merely external action: the senses are ever-present “adornments” of embodied life, but the real forward movement toward Shiva (Pati) is powered by śraddhā—steady faith that matures into devotion and right practice.
Linga-worship in the Shiva Purana is sustained by śraddhā: offerings and rituals gain transformative force when performed with reverent trust in Saguna Shiva, who then leads the devotee beyond sense-bound living toward inner purity and liberation.
Cultivate śraddhā through daily Shiva-pūjā and japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), while practicing sense-restraint (indriya-nigraha) so the mind’s “chariot” moves steadily toward Shiva.