Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 31
शङ्खचूडदूतागमनम् — The Arrival of Śaṅkhacūḍa’s Envoy
and Praise of Śiva
गृहीत्वा तस्य सर्वस्वं कुतः प्रस्थापितो बलिः । सुतलादि समुद्धर्तुं तद्द्वारे च गदाधरः
gṛhītvā tasya sarvasvaṃ kutaḥ prasthāpito baliḥ | sutalādi samuddhartuṃ taddvāre ca gadādharaḥ
اس کا سب کچھ چھین کر بلی کو پھر کیسے روانہ کیا گیا؟ اور سُتل وغیرہ پاتالوں سے (اسے) اٹھانے کے لیے گدھا دھاری وِشنو اسی دروازے پر کھڑا رہا۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
FAQs
The verse highlights divine governance: even when worldly power is taken away, the Lord’s arrangement can still protect and uplift the soul. From a Shaiva Siddhanta lens, it points to grace operating through cosmic order—humility after loss becomes a doorway for elevation rather than ruin.
Though Viṣṇu (Gadādhara) is named, the Shiva Purana often teaches that the Supreme Lord’s protection manifests through saguna forms according to dharma. For a devotee, Linga-worship cultivates surrender to that same protecting, ordering power—beyond sectarian division—leading the mind toward Shiva as Pati (the Lord) who uplifts the bound being.
A practical takeaway is dharma-based surrender: daily japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with a prayer for inner upliftment, combined with simple devotion (bhakti) and humility—accepting loss as purification and seeking the Lord’s guarding presence at the “gate” of one’s senses.