Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 33
अनिरुद्धापहरणानन्तरं कृष्णस्य शोणितपुरगमनम् तथा रुद्रकृष्णयुद्धारम्भः | After Aniruddha’s Abduction: Kṛṣṇa Marches to Śoṇitapura and the Rudra–Kṛṣṇa Battle Begins
स्कन्द प्रद्युम्नबाणौघैरर्द्यमानोऽथ कोपितः । जघान शक्त्या प्रद्युम्नं दैत्यसंघात्यमर्षणः
skanda pradyumnabāṇaughairardyamāno'tha kopitaḥ | jaghāna śaktyā pradyumnaṃ daityasaṃghātyamarṣaṇaḥ
Bấy giờ, bị những trận mưa tên từ Skanda và Pradyumna dồn ép dữ dội, tên Daitya nổi cơn thịnh nộ; kẻ diệt trừ bầy quỷ, không chịu nổi sự xúc phạm, liền phóng vũ khí giáo-thần (śakti) đánh trúng Pradyumna.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Role: destructive
FAQs
The verse uses battlefield imagery to show how reactive anger (kopa) arises when one is pressured; in Shaiva Siddhanta this reflects the binding tendencies (pāśa) that obscure clarity, while the divine side represents disciplined power aligned with dharma.
Though the scene is martial, it points to Saguna Shiva’s governance of cosmic order: devotees contemplate Shiva as the Lord who empowers divine forces like Skanda to restrain chaos, and worship the Linga as the stable center amid conflict and change.
A practical takeaway is japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) to master anger and agitation, along with steady dhyāna on Shiva as the inner ruler (Pati) who subdues the turbulent impulses symbolized by daityas.