Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 43
कामप्रभावः (कामा॑स्य प्रभाववर्णनम्) — The Power of Kāma and the (Ineffective) Attempt to Delude Śiva
सदैव विघ्नं जंतूनां करिष्यन्ति गणा इमे । विना निजार्चनं काम नाना कामरतात्मनाम्
sadaiva vighnaṃ jaṃtūnāṃ kariṣyanti gaṇā ime | vinā nijārcanaṃ kāma nānā kāmaratātmanām
हे गण सदैव त्या जीवांना विघ्न करतील, जे नाना कामना व भोगांत आसक्त आहेत—आणि कामवश होऊन प्रथम आपले योग्य पूजन न करता उद्दिष्ट साधायला लागतात।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Role: teaching
Offering: pushpa
Cosmic Event: institution of vighna as moral-cosmic feedback: obstacles arise for kāma-driven beings lacking proper worship
FAQs
It teaches that desire-bound living beings (pāśa-bound) meet impediments when they chase pleasures without first aligning themselves through worship and dharmic intention; devotion disciplines kāma and turns the mind toward Shiva, the remover of bondage.
In Shaiva practice, approaching Saguna Shiva—often through Liṅga worship—purifies intention and establishes divine order; without such propitiation, actions driven by craving invite ‘vighna’ as a corrective force from Shiva’s gaṇas.
Begin undertakings with Shiva worship—recite the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), apply Tripuṇḍra (bhasma), and offer simple Liṅga-pūjā—so desire is subordinated to devotion and obstacles are pacified.