Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 7
देवदैत्यसामान्ययुद्धवर्णनम् — Description of the General Battle Between Devas and Daityas
एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र वीरभद्रो रुषान्वितः । आससाद गणैर्वीरैस्तारकं वीरमानिनम्
etasminnaṃtare tatra vīrabhadro ruṣānvitaḥ | āsasāda gaṇairvīraistārakaṃ vīramāninam
ထိုအခိုက်အတန့်တွင် ထိုနေရာ၌ ဗီရဘဒ္ဒရသည် ဓမ္မတရားနှင့်ညီသော ဒေါသဖြင့်ပြည့်ဝကာ ရဲရင့်သော ဂဏာများနှင့်အတူ ရှေ့တိုးလာပြီး သူရဲကောင်းမှုကို မာန်ထောင်သော တာရကကို ရင်ဆိုင်တော်မူ၏။
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Vīrabhadra
FAQs
It portrays how egoic pride (vīra-māna) is challenged by Śiva’s dharmic power: Vīrabhadra and the Gaṇas represent the Lord’s grace and discipline that dismantle arrogance and restore cosmic order.
Vīrabhadra is a Saguna expression of Śiva’s protective and corrective force; worship of the Liṅga trains the devotee in surrender so that divine energy, like the Gaṇas here, subdues inner hostility and pride.
A practical takeaway is japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and a prayer for removal of anger and pride, aligning one’s will with Śiva’s dharma.