Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 4
नारदप्रश्नवर्णन (Nāradapraśna-varṇana) — “Account of Nārada’s Inquiry”
शिरसा सुप्रणम्याशु गणावूचतुरादरात् । गृहीत्वा चरणौ तस्य शापोद्धारेच्छया च तौ
śirasā supraṇamyāśu gaṇāvūcaturādarāt | gṛhītvā caraṇau tasya śāpoddhārecchayā ca tau
ते दोन्ही गण तत्क्षणी मस्तक झुकवून प्रणाम करून आदराने बोलले; आणि शापोद्धार व्हावा या इच्छेने त्यांनी त्यांच्या चरणांना धरले।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
FAQs
It highlights śaraṇāgati (surrender): humility, reverence, and taking refuge at the Lord’s feet are presented as the means by which the burden of a curse—symbolic of karmic bondage—can be removed through Shiva’s grace (anugraha).
Clasping the Lord’s feet expresses Saguna-bhakti—approaching Shiva in a personal, worshipful form. In Linga worship, the same attitude is embodied through prostration, offering, and prayer for purification and release from pāśa (bondage).
A simple practice is namaskāra with heartfelt repentance and prayer before Shiva (or the Linga), coupled with japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” seeking inner correction and the lifting of negative karmic effects.