Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 37
राहोर्विमोचनानन्तरं जलन्धरस्य सैन्योद्योगः — Rahu’s Aftermath and Jalandhara’s Mobilization
सनत्कुमार उवाच । इति श्रुत्वा महेशस्य वचनं स रमापतिः । सनिर्जरो जगामाशु स्वस्थानं गतसंशयः
sanatkumāra uvāca | iti śrutvā maheśasya vacanaṃ sa ramāpatiḥ | sanirjaro jagāmāśu svasthānaṃ gatasaṃśayaḥ
萨那特库玛罗说：如是听闻大自在天（摩诃伊湿伐罗）之言后，那位主宰——罗摩帕提（毗湿奴）与诸不死者迅速回到自己的住处，疑惑尽除。由此确证：湿婆为澄明真理之主（Pati），能除疑（saṃśaya），令诸天复得正见。
Sanatkumara
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Significance: Hearing Śiva’s vacana as śravaṇa (devotional listening) is portrayed as saṃśaya-nivṛtti; pilgrimage analogue is ‘śiva-vākya-śravaṇa’ as inner tīrtha.
Role: teaching
FAQs
It shows Shiva (Maheśa) as the dispeller of doubt: when his teaching is heard, confusion ends and beings return to their proper dharmic station with clarity—an essential step toward liberation.
The verse highlights Saguna Shiva as the compassionate Lord who speaks, guides, and corrects; Linga-worship similarly approaches Shiva as the accessible form through which grace and right understanding arise.
Śravaṇa (devout listening) and manana (reflection) on Shiva’s teachings, supported by japa of the Panchākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—to steady the mind and remove inner saṃśaya.