Shloka 60
The Destruction of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice
प्रसादेन च रुद्रस्य प्राप्तस्वर्गः पुरंदरः । यदि रुद्रेस्ति देवत्वं यदि सर्वगतः शिवः
prasādena ca rudrasya prāptasvargaḥ puraṃdaraḥ | yadi rudresti devatvaṃ yadi sarvagataḥ śivaḥ
రుద్రుని ప్రసాదంతో పురందరుడు (ఇంద్రుడు) స్వర్గాన్ని పొందాడు. రుద్రునిలో దేవత్వం ఉంటే, శివుడు సర్వవ్యాపి అయితే—ఈ సత్యాన్ని గ్రహించు.
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Concept: Claims of divinity are tested by their fruits—grace, protection, and cosmic reach.
Application: Do not accept spiritual claims merely by rhetoric; look for steadiness, humility, and transformative outcomes.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: raudra
Type: celestial_realm
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Durga","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["conch shell","distant thunder","celestial drums (dundubhi)","temple bells"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: रुद्रेस्ति = रुद्रे + अस्ति; प्राप्तस्वर्गः = प्राप्त-स्वर्गः (तत्पुरुष); सर्वगतः = सर्व-गतः (तत्पुरुष)
FAQs
It highlights the efficacy of Rudra/Śiva’s grace (prasāda) and frames Śiva as truly divine and all-pervading, using Indra’s attainment of heaven as an example.
Purandara is an epithet of Indra, the king of the devas; the verse states he attained heaven through Rudra’s favor.
It implies Śiva’s omnipresence—Śiva is not limited to a place or form—supporting a high (parama) status for Rudra/Śiva within the text’s theology.