Shiva Purana — Satarudra Samhita, Shloka 12
नन्दिकेशावतारवर्णनम् (Nandikeśa Avatāra Varṇanam) — “Account of the Descent/Origin of Nandikeśvara”
तावपि त्रिपुरार्यंगसम्भावौ मरणान्वितौ । तयोरप्यायुषा मानं कथितं निगमे पृथक्
tāvapi tripurāryaṃgasambhāvau maraṇānvitau | tayorapyāyuṣā mānaṃ kathitaṃ nigame pṛthak
即便那二者——特里普拉与阿利央伽——虽出身尊胜，仍与死亡相系。而他们各自寿量之尺度，在《尼伽摩》（吠陀启示）中亦分别宣说。
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
FAQs
It underscores a core Shaiva teaching: even great and illustrious beings remain within saṃsāra and are subject to death, while only Shiva (Pati) is truly deathless; liberation comes by His grace and right worship, not by worldly status.
By highlighting universal mortality, the verse points the seeker toward Saguna Shiva worship—especially the Linga as the accessible form of the transcendent—so devotion and surrender may lead beyond the cycle of birth and death.
A practical takeaway is steady japa of the Panchakshara mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with remembrance of Shiva as Mṛtyuñjaya (conqueror of death), supported by Shaiva disciplines like vibhūti (tripuṇḍra) and Rudrākṣa when undertaken with devotion.