Shloka 16
अवधूतेश्वरलीला (Avadhūteśvara-līlā) — Śiva Tests Indra’s Pride on the Way to Kailāsa
इत्युदीर्य्य ततो वज्री संनिरीक्ष्य क्रुधा हि तम् । हन्तुन्दिगम्बरं वज्रमुद्यतं स चकार ह
ityudīryya tato vajrī saṃnirīkṣya krudhā hi tam | hantundigambaraṃ vajramudyataṃ sa cakāra ha
یہ کہہ کر وجر بردار اِندر نے غصّے سے اس کی طرف گھور کر دیکھا اور دِگمبر کو قتل کرنے کے لیے وجر اٹھا کر وار کرنے کو آمادہ ہوا۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Bhairava
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga narrative; the raised vajra marks the peak of Indra’s bondage-driven agency, setting the stage for Śiva’s corrective intervention (typically culminating in humbling and eventual grace).
Cosmic Event: storm-like portent (implied by vajra imagery)
FAQs
It highlights how worldly authority and ego (symbolized by Indra’s anger) fails before the transcendent Rudra principle; the Shaiva teaching is to overcome krodha and recognize Shiva as the supreme Pati beyond all celestial powers.
The “Digambara” points to Shiva’s ascetic, world-transcending Saguna form—worship reminds devotees that Shiva is not bound by status, ornament, or possession, and that true refuge is in Shiva rather than in fear of cosmic powers.
A practical takeaway is anger-control through japa of the Panchakshara mantra (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and cultivating vairagya (detachment), aligning the mind with Rudra’s calm, unpossessive Digambara ideal.