Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 32
शुक्रोत्पत्तिः तथा महेश्वरदर्शनम् (Śukra’s Emergence and the Vision of Maheśvara)
क्व भवान्परमोदारः क्व चाहं विवशीकृतः । कामक्रोधादिभिर्दोषैर्जरसा मृत्युना तथा
kva bhavānparamodāraḥ kva cāhaṃ vivaśīkṛtaḥ | kāmakrodhādibhirdoṣairjarasā mṛtyunā tathā
你在何处——至为高贵、至为慷慨——而我在何处，竟如此无助？我被欲望与嗔怒等过失所制，又同样被衰老与死亡所压伏。
A humbled warrior/king addressing a nobler opponent (inferred within the Yuddhakhaṇḍa dialogue)
Tattva Level: pashu
Sthala Purana: Not shrine-specific; the verse is a moral-theological contrast between the Lord’s उदारता and the soul’s bondage by doṣas and mortality.
Significance: General: inspires vairāgya and śaraṇāgati by contemplating kāma-krodha and mṛtyu as marks of paśutva (bound condition).
FAQs
It contrasts true nobility with the bound soul’s helplessness, showing that kama, krodha, aging, and death are forms of bondage (pāśa) that keep the jīva from steadiness in dharma and devotion.
By admitting helplessness before inner defects and mortality, the devotee is directed toward taking refuge in Saguna Shiva (as Linga and Lord) whose grace alone loosens pāśas and steadies the mind in bhakti.
A practical takeaway is japa of the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” with repentance and restraint of desire/anger, supported by daily Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as reminders of dispassion and impermanence.