Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 30
तारक-कुमार-युद्धवर्णनम् / Description of the Battle between Tāraka and Kumāra
शक्त्या तया जघानाथ कुमारस्तारकासुरम् । तेजसाढ्यश्शंकरस्य लोकक्लेशकरं च तम्
śaktyā tayā jaghānātha kumārastārakāsuram | tejasāḍhyaśśaṃkarasya lokakleśakaraṃ ca tam
Sa banal na sibat na iyon, ibinagsak ni Panginoong Kumāra si Tārakāsura—na bagama’t pinalakas ng naglalagablab na tejas ni Śaṅkara, ay naging sanhi ng pighati sa mga daigdig.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Rudra
Role: destructive
FAQs
It shows that Shiva’s śakti (divine power) operates to restore dharma: even when a being gains extraordinary tejas, if it turns into lokakleśa (world-affliction), the Lord’s grace manifests through a divine instrument—here, Kumāra—to remove that bondage-creating adharma.
The verse highlights Saguna Shiva’s governance: Śaṅkara’s tejas empowers cosmic functions, and that same divine order appoints Kumāra as Shiva’s commander to protect creation. Linga-worship reveres this sustaining, regulating presence of Shiva behind all divine agencies.
A practical takeaway is to invoke Shiva’s protective śakti through japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and to cultivate inner discipline so that one’s own ‘tejas’ becomes a force for dharma rather than a cause of distress to others.