Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 52
त्रिपुरदीक्षाविधानम् — Tripura Dīkṣā: Prescriptive Procedure
Chapter on the Ordinance of Initiation
सनत्कुमार उवाच । तदीयं स वचः श्रुत्वा महदर्थसुगर्भितम् । विस्मितो हृदि दैत्येशो जगौ तत्र विमोहितः
sanatkumāra uvāca | tadīyaṃ sa vacaḥ śrutvā mahadarthasugarbhitam | vismito hṛdi daityeśo jagau tatra vimohitaḥ
萨那特库玛罗说道：听到那番蕴含深义的话语，阿修罗之主内心震惊；当场迷惘之中，便开口说道。
Sanatkumara
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
FAQs
It highlights how truth-bearing speech can pierce ego and power, producing inner astonishment and moha; in Shaiva thought, such disruption can become the first crack through which grace and right understanding may enter.
Though the Linga is not named here, the verse sets the psychological ground for devotion: when worldly authority is shaken by higher meaning, the mind becomes ready to turn from asuric pride toward Saguna Shiva’s guidance and the stabilizing refuge of worship.
A practical takeaway is śravaṇa-manana (listening and reflecting on Shiva-kathā) to dissolve delusion; one may support this with steady japa of the Panchakshara—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—to regain clarity and inner composure.