Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 32
दुन्दुभिनिर्ह्रादनिर्णयः / Dundubhinirhrāda’s Stratagem: Targeting the Brāhmaṇas
स तेन मुष्टिघातेन कक्षानिष्पेषणेन च । अत्यार्तमारटद्व्याघ्रो रोदसीं पूरयन्मृतः
sa tena muṣṭighātena kakṣāniṣpeṣaṇena ca | atyārtamāraṭadvyāghro rodasīṃ pūrayanmṛtaḥ
ఆ ఘోరమైన ముష్టిఘాతంతో, ప్రక్కలు నలిగిపోవడంతో, ఆ వ్యాఘ్రం అత్యంత వేదనతో భయంకరంగా గర్జించింది; దాని నాదం భూమ్యాకాశాలను నింపి, చివరకు అది మరణించింది।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Rudra
Sthala Purana: The death-roar filling ‘rodasī’ (earth and heaven) underscores the cosmic scale of Śiva’s saṃhāra: adharma is removed with a reverberation that shakes worlds, yet serves restoration of dharma.
Significance: Contemplation of Śiva’s saṃhāra as purificatory: terror for the adharmic, relief for the righteous; encourages surrender to the Lord’s governance.
FAQs
It underscores the swift impermanence of embodied strength: even the fiercest creature falls in a moment, pointing the seeker toward reliance on Shiva (Pati) rather than the transient power of the body (pashu) and its fear-driven instincts.
In the Yuddha narrative, outer combat mirrors inner struggle; worship of the Linga (Saguna symbol leading to Nirguna truth) trains the mind to transcend agitation and identify Shiva as the steady refuge beyond the rise and fall of life-force and bodily might.
A practical takeaway is japa of the Panchakshara—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—to steady the prana during fear or aggression, along with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) as a remembrance of mortality and dispassion.