Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 9
शिवपुत्रजननवर्णनम् — Description of the Birth/Manifestation of Śiva’s Son
यज्जातं तज्जातमेव प्रस्तुतं शृणुताऽमराः । शिरस्तस्खलितं वीर्यं को ग्रहीष्यति मेऽधुना
yajjātaṃ tajjātameva prastutaṃ śṛṇutā'marāḥ | śirastaskhalitaṃ vīryaṃ ko grahīṣyati me'dhunā
ما قد وقع فقد وقع حقًّا—فالآن اسمعوا ما هو لائق، يا معشر الآلهة. إنَّ قُوَّتي الذكورية قد انزلقت وسقطت من رأسي؛ فمن ذا، في هذه اللحظة، يتلقّاها ويحتفظ بها؟
Brahmā
Tattva Level: pasha
FAQs
The verse highlights the urgency of rightly containing and channeling divine potency (vīrya/śakti). In a Shaiva Siddhanta lens, power must be held within dharma and purified intention; otherwise it becomes a cosmic burden requiring a fit vessel.
It echoes a core Shaiva theme: infinite power must have a sanctified support (ādhāra). Linga-worship trains the devotee to approach Saguna Shiva as the stable locus where transcendent energy is reverently contained, offered, and transformed into grace.
A practical takeaway is disciplined containment through japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and purity observances; symbolically, Tripuṇḍra-bhasma and Rudrākṣa remind the sādhaka to restrain and consecrate inner energies rather than let them “fall” into distraction.