Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 14
शङ्खचूडस्य मायायुद्धं तथा माहेश्वरास्त्रप्रभावः | Śaṅkhacūḍa’s Māyā-Warfare and the Power of the Māheśvara Astra
इत्याकर्ण्य नभोवाणीं तथेत्युक्ते हरे तदा । हरेच्छयागतो विष्णुस्तं दिदेश सतां गतिः
ityākarṇya nabhovāṇīṃ tathetyukte hare tadā | harecchayāgato viṣṇustaṃ dideśa satāṃ gatiḥ
ကောင်းကင်မှ အသံကို ကြားသော် ဟရီသည် ချက်ချင်း “အဲဒီလိုပဲ” ဟု ပြန်ဆို၏။ ထို့နောက် ဟရီ၏အလိုတော်အတိုင်း ရောက်လာသော ဗိဿနုသည် သူ့အား ညွှန်ကြား၏—ဗိဿနုသည် သဒ္ဓါရှိသူတို့၏ အားကိုးရာနှင့် သွားရာလမ်းဖြစ်၏။
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Cosmic Event: ākāśavāṇī (celestial proclamation) directing divine action
FAQs
The verse highlights that even great deities act in alignment with a higher cosmic ordinance; hearing the heavenly command, Hari consents, and Viṣṇu proceeds as an instrument of that will—teaching that dharma is fulfilled through surrender to the Supreme order.
In the Shaiva Purana’s theological frame, saguna divine action operates under the Supreme Lord’s governance; this verse reflects that divine missions and protections of devotees ultimately serve the higher Shaiva order that culminates in devotion to Shiva and realization of His grace.
The practical takeaway is inner consent to divine will (īśvara-icchā-anusandhāna) supported by japa of the Panchākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—as a discipline of surrender and right action.