Shloka 29
अनरण्यसुता–पिप्पलादचरितम् / The Episode of Anaraṇya’s Daughter and Sage Pippalāda
शत्रुं मित्रं सम्विधातुं प्रीतिञ्च कलहं क्षमः । स्रष्टुं नष्टुं च यस्सृष्टिं नमस्तस्मै शिवाय हि
śatruṃ mitraṃ samvidhātuṃ prītiñca kalahaṃ kṣamaḥ | sraṣṭuṃ naṣṭuṃ ca yassṛṣṭiṃ namastasmai śivāya hi
जो शत्रूला मित्र करू शकतो, जो प्रेम आणि कलह दोन्ही घडविण्यास समर्थ आहे, आणि जो सृष्टीचा स्वामी होऊन निर्माण व संहार करतो—त्या शिवास नमस्कार।
Sūta Gosvāmi (narrating the Śiva Purāṇa to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya, within the Pārvatīkhaṇḍa stuti-context)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Mantra: शत्रुं मित्रं सम्विधातुं प्रीतिञ्च कलहं क्षमः । स्रष्टुं नष्टुं च यस्सृष्टिं नमस्तस्मै शिवाय हि
Type: stotra
FAQs
It proclaims Śiva as the supreme Pati who governs opposites—friendship and enmity, harmony and conflict—and who alone has authority over manifestation and dissolution; surrender to Him steadies the devotee beyond duality and leads toward liberation.
The verse supports Saguna upāsanā by praising Śiva’s visible lordship over worldly outcomes; in Liṅga worship, the devotee offers all changing relations and events into the stable symbol of the Pati, recognizing that creation and dissolution proceed from Him.
A practical takeaway is japa of the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—with the intention of offering both love and conflict to Śiva, cultivating inner equanimity; this can be paired with simple Liṅga-abhiṣeka as an act of surrender.