Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 31
शङ्खचूडदूतागमनम् — The Arrival of Śaṅkhacūḍa’s Envoy
and Praise of Śiva
गृहीत्वा तस्य सर्वस्वं कुतः प्रस्थापितो बलिः । सुतलादि समुद्धर्तुं तद्द्वारे च गदाधरः
gṛhītvā tasya sarvasvaṃ kutaḥ prasthāpito baliḥ | sutalādi samuddhartuṃ taddvāre ca gadādharaḥ
«Tendo tomado tudo o que lhe pertencia, como foi então Bali enviado para longe? E, para erguê-lo de Sutala e dos demais mundos inferiores, o portador da maça (Viṣṇu) permaneceu àquele portal.»
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
FAQs
The verse highlights divine governance: even when worldly power is taken away, the Lord’s arrangement can still protect and uplift the soul. From a Shaiva Siddhanta lens, it points to grace operating through cosmic order—humility after loss becomes a doorway for elevation rather than ruin.
Though Viṣṇu (Gadādhara) is named, the Shiva Purana often teaches that the Supreme Lord’s protection manifests through saguna forms according to dharma. For a devotee, Linga-worship cultivates surrender to that same protecting, ordering power—beyond sectarian division—leading the mind toward Shiva as Pati (the Lord) who uplifts the bound being.
A practical takeaway is dharma-based surrender: daily japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with a prayer for inner upliftment, combined with simple devotion (bhakti) and humility—accepting loss as purification and seeking the Lord’s guarding presence at the “gate” of one’s senses.