Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 37
देव-गण-समरः
Devas and Śiva’s Gaṇas Engage in Battle
हे सुरासुरसंघाहीहैत यूयं हे विचक्षणाः । अवदानानि दास्यामि आतृप्त्याद्यासतां वराः
he surāsurasaṃghāhīhaita yūyaṃ he vicakṣaṇāḥ | avadānāni dāsyāmi ātṛptyādyāsatāṃ varāḥ
ဩ ပညာရှိတို့—ဒီနေရာတွင် စုဝေးလာသော ဒေဝနှင့် အဆုရ အဖွဲ့အစည်းတို့၊ နားထောင်ကြလော့။ မကျေနပ်မှုတို့ကို ဖယ်ရှားပေးပြီး စိတ်ကို ပြည့်ဝစေသော သန့်ရှင်းမြတ်သော အတ္ထုပ္ပတ္တိများကို ငါ ပြောပြမည်၊ အကောင်းဆုံးတို့ရေ။
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
FAQs
The verse presents śravaṇa (devotional listening) as a purifying practice: sacred Shaiva narratives calm restlessness and dissatisfaction, turning the mind toward Shiva (Pati) and away from binding impulses (pāśa).
By inviting listeners into Shiva-kathā, it establishes the devotional foundation for Saguna Shiva worship—hearing Shiva’s deeds and virtues naturally matures reverence that later expresses itself as Linga-pūjā, mantra-japa, and temple observance.
The implied practice is regular listening/recitation of Shiva Purana kathā with faith; it can be paired with Panchakshara japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and simple daily Shiva remembrance to reduce inner dissatisfaction.