Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 27
शिवदूतस्य शङ्खचूडकुलप्रवेशः — The Śiva-Envoy’s Entry into Śaṅkhacūḍa’s City
शिवस्य पूर्णरूपश्च लोकसंहारकारकः । सतां गतिर्दुष्टहंता निर्विकारः परात्परः
śivasya pūrṇarūpaśca lokasaṃhārakārakaḥ | satāṃ gatirduṣṭahaṃtā nirvikāraḥ parātparaḥ
พระองค์คือปูรณรูปแห่งพระศิวะ เป็นผู้กระทำการสังหารโลก. เป็นที่พึ่งและที่สุดแห่งผู้มีธรรม เป็นผู้ปราบคนชั่ว ทรงไม่แปรเปลี่ยน และสูงยิ่งเหนือสูงสุด।
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating the Shiva Purana account to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Jyotirlinga: Kedāranātha
Sthala Purana: Kedāra is famed as a refuge (gati) and a place of purification; the verse’s ‘satāṃ gatiḥ’ resonates with Kedāra’s identity as a high refuge where devotees seek Śiva beyond change (nirvikāra).
Significance: Pilgrimage symbolizes ascent from paśu-bhāva to śaraṇāgati; contemplation of nirvikāra Śiva steadies the mind and supports liberation-oriented devotion.
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
Cosmic Event: loka-saṃhāra (world dissolution)
FAQs
It presents Śiva as both immanent and transcendent: the power behind cosmic dissolution and, at the same time, the changeless supreme refuge (satāṃ gatiḥ) who grants liberation by removing evil and ignorance.
The verse supports Saguna devotion (approaching Śiva as the protector and destroyer of evil) while also pointing to His Nirguna truth (nirvikāraḥ, parātparaḥ). Linga-worship holds both together: a visible focus that leads the mind to the formless, highest Śiva.
Contemplate Śiva as nirvikāra (unchanging) while repeating the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and offer simple Linga-pūjā (water, bilva leaves) with the intent of aligning with sat (righteousness) and overcoming duṣṭatā (inner negativity).