Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 5
सनत्कुमार उवाच । शृणु व्यास महेशस्य चरितं मंगलायनम् । यथान्धको गाणपत्यं प्राप शंभोः परात्मनः
sanatkumāra uvāca | śṛṇu vyāsa maheśasya caritaṃ maṃgalāyanam | yathāndhako gāṇapatyaṃ prāpa śaṃbhoḥ parātmanaḥ
善达库玛罗说道：“听吧，噢毗耶娑，聆听摩诃伊湿的吉祥行传，能生功德：安陀迦如何从商婆——至上自性——得获统领湿婆诸伽那之权。”
Sanatkumara
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
FAQs
The verse frames Śiva’s deeds as “maṅgalāyana”—a direct source of auspiciousness—teaching that śravaṇa (devotional listening) to Śiva-kathā purifies the soul and draws Śiva’s grace, who is affirmed here as Parātman, the supreme Lord (Pati) over all.
By praising Maheśa/Śambhu’s “carita,” it points to Saguna Śiva—Śiva known through divine names, forms, and actions—whose compassionate governance (including over the gaṇas) is contemplated in Linga worship as the living presence of the Lord who bestows boons and disciplines ego.
The immediate practice is śravaṇa and manana: regularly hear/recite Śiva Purāṇa narratives with devotion, ideally alongside Panchākṣarī japa (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and simple Śiva-upacāra (bhasma/Tripuṇḍra and Rudrākṣa, where appropriate) to steady the mind in Śiva-bhakti.