Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 51
गजासुरतपः–देवलोकक्षोभः
Gajāsura’s Austerities and the Disturbance of the Worlds
गजासुर उवाच । देवदेव महादेव तव भक्तोऽस्मि सर्वथा । जाने त्वां त्रिदिवेशानं त्रिशूलिन्स्मरहारिणम्
gajāsura uvāca | devadeva mahādeva tava bhakto'smi sarvathā | jāne tvāṃ tridiveśānaṃ triśūlinsmarahāriṇam
Gajāsura nói: "Hỡi Vị Thần của các vị thần, hỡi Mahādeva, con là người sùng bái Ngài về mọi mặt. Con biết Ngài là Chúa tể của ba cõi trời, Đấng cầm cây đinh ba và là Đấng tiêu diệt thần tình yêu Smara."
Gajāsura
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Smaraḥāriṇ
Mantra: देवदेव महादेव तव भक्तोऽस्मि सर्वथा । जाने त्वां त्रिदिवेशानं त्रिशूलिन्स्मरहारिणम्
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
The verse shows bhakti expressed through nāma-smaraṇa (recitation of Shiva’s epithets): recognizing Shiva as Devadeva and Smarahāri, the Lord who subdues desire and grants purity of consciousness—key to liberation in a Shaiva Siddhānta lens.
By praising Shiva with concrete attributes—Triśūlin (trident-bearer) and Smarahāri—this verse supports Saguna-upāsanā (devotional worship with form and qualities), which in the Purāṇic path commonly culminates in reverence to Shiva as present in the Liṅga.
A practical takeaway is japa and dhyāna on Shiva’s names—Devadeva, Mahādeva, Triśūlin, Smarahāri—aligned with Panchākṣarī japa (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) to internalize victory over kāma (restless desire).