Shloka 15
शिवशङ्खचूडयुद्धवर्णनम् / Description of the Battle between Śiva and Śaṅkhacūḍa
गदामाविध्य तरसा संचिक्षेप हरं प्रति । शंभुना सापि सहसा भिन्ना भस्मत्वमागता
gadāmāvidhya tarasā saṃcikṣepa haraṃ prati | śaṃbhunā sāpi sahasā bhinnā bhasmatvamāgatā
అతడు గదను బలంగా తిప్పి హరుని వైపు విసిరాడు; కానీ శంభువు క్షణంలోనే దానిని విరిచివేసి భస్మం చేసెను.
Sūta Gosvāmi (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Rudra
FAQs
It shows Śiva as Pati—the supreme Lord whose will is unsurpassable: hostile force collapses before Him, and what is opposed to Dharma is dissolved into bhasma, symbolizing the inevitable dissolution of ego and aggression.
The episode highlights Saguna Śiva’s active grace and protection in the world; in Liṅga worship, devotees approach the same Śambhu who neutralizes negativity and grants refuge through His manifest, compassionate power.
Meditate on Śiva as the inner protector while applying bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) with remembrance of impermanence, and repeat the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—as a practice of surrender and purification.