Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 24
शुक्रस्य जठरस्थत्वं तथा मृत्युशमनी-विद्या (Śukra in Śiva’s belly and the death-subduing vidyā)
सनत्कुमार उवाच । इत्थमन्धकवाक्यं स श्रुत्वा धीरो हि भार्गवः । तदा विचारयामास दूयमानेन चेतसा
sanatkumāra uvāca | itthamandhakavākyaṃ sa śrutvā dhīro hi bhārgavaḥ | tadā vicārayāmāsa dūyamānena cetasā
سنَتکُمار نے کہا—اندھک کے ایسے کلمات سن کر بھی ثابت قدم بھارگو پرسکون رہا؛ مگر دل کے اندر جلتی ہوئی کیفیت کے ساتھ وہ پھر گہرا غور کرنے لگا۔
Sanatkumara
Tattva Level: pashu
FAQs
It highlights the Shaiva ideal of viveka (discernment): even when the mind burns with distress, the dharmic person pauses to reflect rather than act from passion—aligning the self toward Pati (Shiva) through inner mastery.
Though set in a battle narrative, the verse teaches the inner posture central to Saguna Shiva worship: steadiness, restraint, and offering turbulent emotions into Shiva’s order (dharma), as one would mentally surrender at the Linga before outward action.
A practical takeaway is japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with breath-awareness to cool agitation, along with recalling Shiva as the inner witness before speaking or acting.