Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 3
भद्रस्य दिव्यरथारोहणं शङ्खनादश्च — Bhadra’s Divine Chariot-Ascent and the Conch-Blast
तस्यापि रथवर्यस्य स्यात्स एव हि सारथिः । यथा च त्रैपुरे युद्धे पूर्वं शार्वरथे स्थितः
tasyāpi rathavaryasya syātsa eva hi sārathiḥ | yathā ca traipure yuddhe pūrvaṃ śārvarathe sthitaḥ
ആ ശ്രേഷ്ഠ രഥത്തിനും സാരഥി അവൻ തന്നെയാകണം—ത്രിപുരയുദ്ധത്തിൽ മുൻപ് അവൻ ശാർവരഥത്തിൽ അധിഷ്ഠിതനായിരുന്നപോലെ।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Tripurāntaka
Sthala Purana: The verse explicitly recalls the Tripura-yuddha precedent: Śiva’s ‘Śārva ratha’ and His role as the decisive agent. The charioteer motif underscores that even when devas appear as actors, Śiva is the inner director (antaryāmin) of victory.
Significance: Meditation on Tripurāntaka grants courage to overcome ‘three cities’ as inner triads (mala-traya / three impurities; or three guṇas) through Śiva’s guidance.
FAQs
It teaches that victory and right direction come when Pati (Lord Shiva) Himself becomes the guiding power—like a charioteer—showing that divine grace, not mere human effort, leads the soul beyond bondage.
By recalling Shiva’s role in the Tripura war, the verse points to Saguna Shiva—active, compassionate, and accessible—whom devotees worship in the Linga as the living presence that guides and protects.
Adopt devotional surrender and japa of the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” mentally placing Shiva as the inner charioteer (antaryāmin) who steers the mind away from pasha (bondage) toward liberation.