Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 27
अन्धक-प्रश्नः — Inquiry into Andhaka
Genealogy and Nature
सनत्कुमार उवाच । गौरी ततो भृत्यवचो निशम्य कारुण्यभावात्सहिता सखीभिः । नानाप्रकारैर्बहुभिर्ह्युपायैश्चकार रक्षां स्वसुतस्य यद्वत्
sanatkumāra uvāca | gaurī tato bhṛtyavaco niśamya kāruṇyabhāvātsahitā sakhībhiḥ | nānāprakārairbahubhirhyupāyaiścakāra rakṣāṃ svasutasya yadvat
萨那特库玛罗说道：随后，乔丽听闻侍从之言，因慈悲之情而动，与诸友同在，为自己的儿子安排护佑——运用多种方式与诸多切实手段，正如母亲护子一般。
Sanatkumara
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Shakti Form: Gaurī
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It highlights Śakti’s karuṇā (compassion) as an active, protective grace: Gaurī responds to counsel and safeguards her son, illustrating how divine compassion operates through timely, skillful means for the welfare of devotees and the maintenance of dharma.
In Saguna worship, devotees approach Shiva together with Śakti—Shiva as Pati (Lord) and Gaurī as the compassionate power that protects and nurtures. The verse underscores that divine protection is not abstract; it is experienced as motherly grace supporting the devotee’s path to Shiva.
A practical takeaway is to seek protection through devotional remembrance: japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with reverence to Gaurī-Śiva, and a simple sankalpa for rakṣā (protection), aligning one’s actions with compassion and dharma.