Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 5
राहोर्विमोचनानन्तरं जलन्धरस्य सैन्योद्योगः — Rahu’s Aftermath and Jalandhara’s Mobilization
ततः स मन्यमानस्स्वं पुनर्जनिमथानतः । गतगर्वो जगामाथ जलंधरपुरं शनैः
tataḥ sa manyamānassvaṃ punarjanimathānataḥ | gatagarvo jagāmātha jalaṃdharapuraṃ śanaiḥ
پھر وہ اپنے نئے جنم کو یاد کر کے سجدۂ تعظیم بجا لایا، غرور سے خالی ہو گیا، اور آہستہ آہستہ جلندھر کے شہر کی طرف لوٹ گیا۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga passage; it depicts the bound soul’s (here, the asuric king’s) momentary humility after a transformative encounter, before returning to his seat of power.
Significance: Didactic: even the powerful are ‘paśu’ under pāśa (pride/ahaṅkāra); humility (namana) is a doorway to grace, though it may be temporary without true śaraṇāgati.
FAQs
The verse highlights the Shaiva teaching that garva (ego-pride) must be dissolved for spiritual clarity; when pride falls away, one naturally turns toward namratā (humility) and right understanding of one’s condition and destiny.
Though the Linga is not named here, the narrative reflects a key fruit of Saguna Shiva’s grace in the Purana: the Lord’s interventions in history are meant to subdue adharmic pride and lead beings toward surrender, which is foundational for Linga-bhakti.
The practical takeaway is cultivation of humility through daily namaskāra and japa (especially the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), offering one’s pride into Shiva with steady, gradual inner reform (śanaiḥ).