Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 51
मृत्युञ्जय-विद्या-प्रादुर्भावः
The Manifestation/Transmission of the Mṛtyuñjaya Vidyā
पुंस्त्वसौभाग्यसंपन्ना भविष्यंति न संशयः । उपेतविद्यास्ते सर्वे जनास्स्युः सुखभागिनः
puṃstvasaubhāgyasaṃpannā bhaviṣyaṃti na saṃśayaḥ | upetavidyāste sarve janāssyuḥ sukhabhāginaḥ
సందేహం లేదు; వారు వీర్యం మరియు సౌభాగ్యంతో సంపన్నులవుతారు. ఆ ప్రజలందరూ సమ్యక్ విద్యను పొందీ సుఖభాగులవుతారు।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Significance: General phala-śruti style promise: prosperity, vigor, right knowledge, and happiness as fruits of Śiva’s grace and/or the associated vidyā.
Role: nurturing
FAQs
The verse affirms that Shiva’s grace leads not only to outer well-being (fortune and happiness) but also to inner refinement—vidyā understood as right, dharmic knowledge that supports liberation-oriented living.
In the Shiva Purana, Saguna Shiva worship (especially Linga worship) is repeatedly praised for generating auspiciousness (saubhāgya) and steadying the mind toward right knowledge (vidyā), showing that devotion yields both worldly harmony and spiritual clarity.
A practical takeaway is regular Shiva-upāsanā—Linga abhiṣeka with mantra-japa (such as the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”)—as a discipline that cultivates auspiciousness, strength, and a knowledge-guided life.