Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 53
महाकालज्योतिर्लिङ्गमाहात्म्ये चन्द्रसेन-चिन्तामणि-प्रसङ्गः
Mahākāla Jyotirliṅga Māhātmya: The Episode of King Candrasena and the Cintāmaṇi
नूनमस्य विरोधेन शिवः क्रोधं करिष्यति । तत्क्रोधाद्धि वयं सर्वे भविष्यामो विनष्टकाः
nūnamasya virodhena śivaḥ krodhaṃ kariṣyati | tatkrodhāddhi vayaṃ sarve bhaviṣyāmo vinaṣṭakāḥ
Chắc chắn rằng, nếu chống đối người ấy, đức Śiva sẽ nổi giận. Và bởi cơn thịnh nộ ấy, quả thật tất cả chúng ta sẽ bị diệt vong hoàn toàn.
Suta Goswami (narrating the fear expressed by the concerned beings in the Kotirudra narrative)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Rudra
Jyotirlinga: Mahākāleśvara
Sthala Purana: The narrative tension frames Mahākāla’s kṣetra as protected by Śiva’s sovereignty: hostility toward His devotee is feared to provoke Rudra’s wrath, leading to ruin—an implicit warning about aparādha in a jyotirliṅga-kṣetra.
Significance: Cultivates fear of aparādha and respect for kṣetra-dharma; encourages surrender and reconciliation as the safer path in Mahākāla’s domain.
FAQs
The verse warns that “virodha” (opposition rooted in ego and adharma) invites the force of Shiva’s corrective power; in Shaiva Siddhanta, ruin follows not from Shiva’s cruelty but from the soul’s self-created bondage colliding with divine order.
It reinforces turning from antagonism to reverence—approaching Saguna Shiva through Linga-worship as a concrete act of surrender, aligning one’s will with Shiva rather than resisting the divine presence that sustains dharma.
Adopt a pacifying, devotional regimen: daily Panchakshara japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) with remembrance of Shiva, and humble prayer for kṣamā (forgiveness) to dissolve the tendency toward virodha.