Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 25
शङ्खचूडकस्य राज्याभिषेकः तथा शक्रपुरीं प्रति प्रस्थानम् | Śaṅkhacūḍa’s Coronation and March toward Indra’s City
तस्य राज्ये न दुर्भिक्षं न मारी नाऽशुभग्रहाः । आधयो व्याधयो नैव सुखिन्यश्च प्रजाः सदा
tasya rājye na durbhikṣaṃ na mārī nā'śubhagrahāḥ | ādhayo vyādhayo naiva sukhinyaśca prajāḥ sadā
ในอาณาจักรของเขาไม่มีทุพภิกขภัย ไม่มีโรคระบาด และไม่มีเคราะห์ร้ายจากดาวอัปมงคล ทั้งทุกข์ใจและโรคกายก็ไม่เกิดขึ้น ประชาชนเป็นสุขอยู่เสมอ
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating the Shiva Purana account to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pasha
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It presents the Shaiva ideal that when dharma is upheld under divinely aligned leadership, outer calamities (famine, epidemics) and inner afflictions (ādhis) subside—showing Shiva’s grace manifesting as harmony in both society and the individual.
Such well-being is portrayed as a fruit of living under Shiva’s auspicious order (śiva-śāsana). Devotion to Saguna Shiva—often through Linga worship—supports dharma, which in turn yields collective protection and auspiciousness.
A practical takeaway is regular japa of the Panchākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and maintaining Shaiva purity disciplines (e.g., Tripuṇḍra/bhasma and Rudrākṣa where appropriate) to reduce ādhis (mental distress) and cultivate steady auspiciousness.