Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 9
गौरीप्रवेशः—शिवसाक्षात्कारः
Gaurī’s Entry and the Vision of Śiva
देवदेव उवाच । सा दशा च व्यतीता किं तव सर्वांगसुन्दरि । यस्यामनुनयोपायः को ऽपि कोपान्न लभ्यते
devadeva uvāca | sā daśā ca vyatītā kiṃ tava sarvāṃgasundari | yasyāmanunayopāyaḥ ko 'pi kopānna labhyate
ဒေဝဒေဝက မိန့်တော်မူသည်—“ကိုယ်အင်္ဂါအစိတ်အပိုင်းတိုင်း လှပသောသူမ၊ ထိုအခြေအနေက မင်းအတွက် ကျော်လွန်သွားပြီလား။ ထိုအခြေအနေတွင် ဒေါသမှ ပေါ်လာသဖြင့် ပြန်လည်ညှိနှိုင်းသင့်မြတ်စေမည့် နည်းလမ်းတစ်စုံတစ်ရာ မတွေ့နိုင်” ဟု။
Lord Shiva (Devadeva)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: teaching
FAQs
The verse highlights krodha (anger) as a binding force (pāśa) that blocks harmony and spiritual receptivity; Shiva, as Pati (the Lord), points toward restoring inner balance so grace and right understanding can arise.
Approaching the Liṅga/Saguna Shiva is traditionally paired with śānti (inner calm) and devotion; the verse implies that anger disrupts the very disposition needed for genuine pūjā and for receiving Shiva’s anugraha (grace).
A practical takeaway is to pacify anger through japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and a brief śānti-bhāvanā (calming contemplation) before worship, so reconciliation and devotion become possible.