Shloka 10
ऋषिकृत-रुद्रस्तुतिः तथा संहाराग्नि-प्रश्नः
Kāma–Krodha–Lobha and the Fire of Dissolution
महासंहरणे प्राप्ते त्वया देव कृतात्मना करं ललाटे संविध्य वह्निरुत्पादितस्त्वया
mahāsaṃharaṇe prāpte tvayā deva kṛtātmanā karaṃ lalāṭe saṃvidhya vahnirutpāditastvayā
لمّا دنا المحوُ العظيم (mahā-saṃhāra)، يا ديفا—وأنت ثابتٌ في ضبط النفس—وضعتَ يدَك على جبهتك، فانبثقَت النارُ منك. وهكذا يُظهر الربُّ بوصفه بَتي (Pati) قوّة السَّمْهارا (saṃhāra-śakti) التي تُذيب كلَّ القيود (pāśa) والعوالم في الوقت المعيَّن.
Suta Goswami (narrating an internal account of Shiva’s act during saṃhāra)
FAQs
It highlights Shiva as the supreme Pati whose fiery power governs pralaya; Linga worship remembers this transcendent Lord beyond creation and dissolution, anchoring the devotee in the imperishable Shiva-tattva.
Shiva is shown as self-controlled (kṛtātmā) and sovereign over cosmic functions; the emergence of fire from his own being signifies his independent śakti, by which worlds and bondage are withdrawn at saṃhāra.
The imagery points to inner agni and mastery of consciousness centered at the forehead—suggestive of Pashupata-oriented inward absorption where the yogin seeks to burn impurities (mala) and loosen pāśa through Shiva-focused meditation.