Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 27
कामशापानुग्रहः (Kāmaśāpānugraha) — “The Curse and Grace Concerning Kāma”
ततस्ते मुनयस्सर्वे मरीच्यत्रिमुखा अपि । दक्षाद्याश्च द्विजश्रेष्ठ प्रापुर्वेकारिकेन्द्रियम्
tataste munayassarve marīcyatrimukhā api | dakṣādyāśca dvijaśreṣṭha prāpurvekārikendriyam
त्यानंतर ते सर्व मुनि—मारीचि, अत्रि इत्यादी—आणि दक्षादि, हे द्विजश्रेष्ठ, वैकारिक इंद्रिये (सूक्ष्म परिष्कृत इंद्रियशक्ती) प्राप्त झाले।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Role: teaching
Cosmic Event: cosmogonic unfolding of indriyas from ahaṅkāra (vaikārika)
FAQs
It marks a stage in cosmic manifestation where embodied beings gain functioning sense-faculties; in Shaiva thought, these indriyas enable experience but also become instruments of bondage unless disciplined and offered to Śiva.
With senses active, worship becomes possible: seeing the Liṅga, hearing Śiva-kathā, chanting the Pañcākṣarī, and performing pūjā. The same senses that bind can be redirected toward Saguna Śiva as a means of purification.
Sense-restraint and consecration of the senses through japa of “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” attentive listening to Śiva Purāṇa, and pūjā with disciplined conduct—so the indriyas serve devotion rather than desire.