Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 50
कैलासमार्गे शङ्करस्य परीक्षा — Śiva Tests the Approachers on the Kailāsa Path
सनत्कुमार उवाच् । इत्युक्त्वा तं करे धृत्वा स्वतेजोऽनलमद्भुतम् । भालनेत्रात्समुद्भूतं प्राक्षिपल्लवणांभसि
sanatkumāra uvāc | ityuktvā taṃ kare dhṛtvā svatejo'nalamadbhutam | bhālanetrātsamudbhūtaṃ prākṣipallavaṇāṃbhasi
قال سَنَتْكُمارا: وبعد أن قال ذلك، أمسك بيده تلك النار العجيبة—وهي تَجَسُهُ، إشراقُهُ الذاتي—المولودة من عين الجبهة، ثم قذفها في مياه البحر المالحة.
Sanatkumara
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Rudra
Sthala Purana: Motif of dangerous tejas being deposited into the ocean; echoes broader Purāṇic ‘containment’ narratives where cosmic excess is neutralized in a vast receptacle (samudra).
Role: destructive
FAQs
The verse highlights Shiva’s tejas (divine radiance) as perfectly governed power: even when it manifests as consuming fire from the third eye, it is directed and dissolved appropriately, teaching disciplined shakti under the lordship of Pati (Shiva).
In Saguna Shiva worship, the third eye signifies Shiva as the conscious regulator of creation and dissolution. Linga worship contemplates that same supreme consciousness (Pati) stabilizing and containing all forces—fiery, destructive, or purifying—within divine order.
A practical takeaway is meditation on Shiva’s tejas through japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with inner restraint—invoking purification without agitation—supported by Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) as a reminder of transcendence over burning passions.