Shloka 37
पिप्पलादावतारकथनम्
Account of the Pippalāda Avatāra
ज्ञात्वा च तत्सर्वमिदं सुराणां कृत्यं तदानीञ्च चुकोप साध्वी । ददौ तदा शापमतीव रुष्टा तेषां सुवर्चा ऋषिवर्यभार्या
jñātvā ca tatsarvamidaṃ surāṇāṃ kṛtyaṃ tadānīñca cukopa sādhvī | dadau tadā śāpamatīva ruṣṭā teṣāṃ suvarcā ṛṣivaryabhāryā
ദേവന്മാരുടെ ഈ മുഴുവൻ പ്രവൃത്തി അറിഞ്ഞ ആ സാദ്ധ്വി ഉടൻ കോപിച്ചു; അപ്പോൾ ഋഷിവര്യന്റെ ഭാര്യ സുവർച്ചാ അത്യന്തം രോഷത്തോടെ അവർക്കു ശാപം നൽകി।
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Bhairava
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga episode; the scene functions as a dharma-violation narrative where tapas-śakti empowers a human agent to restrain devas through śāpa.
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Durgā
Role: destructive
FAQs
It highlights the Purāṇic law of karma: even devas are accountable, and adharma provokes corrective consequences through the power of a righteous person’s tapas and truth.
By showing that worldly powers (even celestial) are limited and subject to moral order, the verse indirectly points the devotee toward taking refuge in Saguna Shiva (the compassionate Lord) beyond fluctuating fortunes created by curses and boons.
The takeaway is to cultivate sādhvī-bhāva—purity, restraint, and truthfulness—and to support it with Shaiva practice such as japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) to steady the mind and avoid actions that lead to binding reactions.