Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 32
दक्षस्य दुहितृविवाहवर्णनम् / The Marriages of Dakṣa’s Daughters
Genealogical Allocation
यया रुद्रो जगन्नाशे नियुक्तस्तां सदाकरोत् । तां त्वां नमामि परमां जगद्धात्रीं महेश्वरीम्
yayā rudro jagannāśe niyuktastāṃ sadākarot | tāṃ tvāṃ namāmi paramāṃ jagaddhātrīṃ maheśvarīm
యావరి శక్తిచేత రుద్రుడు జగన్నాశం కోసం నియుక్తుడై ఎల్లప్పుడూ ఆ మహాక్రియను నిర్వహిస్తాడో—ఆ పరమ జగద్ధాత్రి మహేశ్వరీకి నేను నమస్కరిస్తున్నాను।
Satī (addressing Maheshvarī/Śakti as the supreme sustaining power)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Rudra
Mantra: यया रुद्रो जगन्नाशे नियुक्तस्तां सदाकरोत् । तां त्वां नमामि परमां जगद्धात्रीं महेश्वरीम्
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Kālī
Role: destructive
Cosmic Event: Cosmic dissolution (pralaya) as jagan-nāśa executed by Rudra under Śakti’s empowering command.
FAQs
It teaches that Rudra’s role in pralaya is not random or merely destructive; it is a divinely appointed cosmic function empowered by the Supreme Maheshvarī. Devotion here recognizes Śiva’s action as guided by Śakti, leading the seeker to reverence the sacred order behind dissolution and renewal.
Linga worship honors Śiva as Saguna for the devotee’s approach, but this verse clarifies that Śiva’s manifest functions—especially dissolution—operate through His inseparable Śakti (Maheshvarī). Thus Linga-bhakti naturally includes reverence for Śiva-Śakti unity as the complete Lordship (Pati) active in the cosmos.
A practical takeaway is to meditate on pralaya as purification: chant the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with the intent of surrendering ego and attachments, and offer bhāva-pūjā to Śiva together with Maheshvarī—seeing dissolution as grace that supports liberation.