Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 43
शिवानुकम्पा, ब्रह्मणो निर्भयत्वं च (Śiva’s Compassion and Brahmā’s Fearlessness)
ब्रह्मोवाच । इत्युक्त्वा भगवांस्तत्र सभार्यो वृषभध्वजः । उवाच वेदिमध्यस्थो मूर्तिं कृत्वांशरूपिणीम्
brahmovāca | ityuktvā bhagavāṃstatra sabhāryo vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ | uvāca vedimadhyastho mūrtiṃ kṛtvāṃśarūpiṇīm
ব্ৰহ্মাই ক’লে—এইদৰে কৈ, বৃষভধ্বজ ভগৱান শিৱ পত্নীসহ তাত বেদীৰ মাজত স্থিত হ’ল; নিজৰ দিব্যসত্তাৰ অংশৰূপ প্ৰকাশিত মূৰ্তি ধাৰণ কৰি ক’লে।
Brahma
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: creative
FAQs
It highlights Shiva’s grace: though transcendent, He becomes accessible to devotees by assuming a manifest, knowable form (aṃśa) within a sacred setting, indicating the compassionate bridge between the Absolute and embodied worship.
By showing Shiva present in the altar’s center and taking a manifest form, the verse supports Saguna upāsanā—approaching Shiva through sacred symbols and forms (including the Linga) as valid means to realize the higher, transcendent reality.
It suggests altar-centered invocation and focused dhyāna on Shiva’s form—supported by japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and reverent ritual purity—so the mind can receive Shiva’s presence and instruction.