Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 4
शङ्खचूडस्य मायायुद्धं तथा माहेश्वरास्त्रप्रभावः | Śaṅkhacūḍa’s Māyā-Warfare and the Power of the Māheśvara Astra
दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि चिक्षेप महारुद्राय दानवः । चकार शरवृष्टिञ्च तोयवृष्टिं यथा घनः
divyānyastrāṇi cikṣepa mahārudrāya dānavaḥ | cakāra śaravṛṣṭiñca toyavṛṣṭiṃ yathā ghanaḥ
Dānava itu melontarkan senjata-senjata langit kepada Mahārudra; lalu dia menurunkan hujan anak panah, bagaikan awan mencurahkan hujan lebat.
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Rudra
FAQs
It portrays how hostile power and dazzling “divine weapons” still fall short before Mahārudra; symbolically, the soul’s liberation comes when destructive ego-force is exhausted against the Lord’s sovereign will (Pati), who alone governs all powers.
Mahārudra here is Saguna Śiva—personally manifest and active in protecting cosmic order. Linga-worship trains the devotee to see that the same supreme reality, worshipped as the Linga, can also appear as the Lord who subdues adharma.
A practical takeaway is steadiness in japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and taking refuge in Śiva during inner conflict; the verse supports bhakti-based surrender rather than retaliatory anger.