Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 57
अनिरुद्धापहरणानन्तरं कृष्णस्य शोणितपुरगमनम् तथा रुद्रकृष्णयुद्धारम्भः | After Aniruddha’s Abduction: Kṛṣṇa Marches to Śoṇitapura and the Rudra–Kṛṣṇa Battle Begins
सनत्कुमार उवाच । इत्याकर्ण्य वचश्शंभुः श्रीकृष्णस्य मुनीश्वर । प्रत्युवाच प्रसन्नात्मा कृष्णस्तुत्या महेश्वरः
sanatkumāra uvāca | ityākarṇya vacaśśaṃbhuḥ śrīkṛṣṇasya munīśvara | pratyuvāca prasannātmā kṛṣṇastutyā maheśvaraḥ
ସନତ୍କୁମାର କହିଲେ—ହେ ମୁନୀଶ୍ୱର! ଶ୍ରୀକୃଷ୍ଣଙ୍କ ବଚନ ଶୁଣି, କୃଷ୍ଣସ୍ତୁତିରେ ଅନ୍ତର୍ମନ ପ୍ରସନ୍ନ ହୋଇଥିବା ଶମ୍ଭୁ ମହେଶ୍ୱର ପ୍ରତ୍ୟୁତ୍ତର ଦେଲେ।
Sanatkumara
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Significance: Models the fruit of stuti: Śiva becomes prasanna (gracious/pleased), indicating anugraha as the decisive turning point for resolution of conflict.
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It highlights that sincere bhakti (stuti) invokes Śiva’s prasāda: the Lord becomes inwardly serene and responds graciously, showing the purifying power of devotion and humility.
The verse emphasizes Saguna upāsanā—praising and relating to Śambhu/Maheśvara as the compassionate Lord who hears and answers. This is the devotional mood also central to Liṅga worship, where prayer and stotra are offered to receive anugraha.
Regular stuti/japa as devotional discipline—reciting Shiva stotras or the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with a calm, reverent mind—since heartfelt praise is shown to draw Śiva’s favorable response.