Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 61
उपमन्युतपः-निवारणप्रसङ्गः / Śiva restrains Upamanyu’s tapas (Śiva disguised as Indra)
अजरश्चामरश्चैव भव त्वन्दुःखवर्जितः । यशस्वी तेजसा युक्तो दिव्यज्ञानसमन्वितः
ajaraścāmaraścaiva bhava tvanduḥkhavarjitaḥ | yaśasvī tejasā yukto divyajñānasamanvitaḥ
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Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīya discourse to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: anugraha
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Role: liberating
FAQs
It presents Shiva’s grace as the remover of duḥkha (bondage-born sorrow) and the giver of divya-jñāna, by which the soul moves toward the Siddhānta goal: freedom from pāśa and steadiness in the light of Pati (Shiva).
Such blessings are traditionally sought through Saguna Shiva worship—especially Linga-pūjā—where devotion, purity, and right understanding mature into jñāna and inner tejas, culminating in Shiva’s anugraha (saving grace).
Regular Shiva-upāsanā with the Panchākṣarī mantra ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") and meditative contemplation on Shiva as the dispeller of sorrow supports the cultivation of tejas and the awakening of divya-jñāna.