Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 6
शिवतेजसः समुद्रे बालरूपप्रादुर्भावः (Śiva’s Tejas Manifesting as a Child in the Ocean)
रुदतस्तस्य शब्देन प्राकंपद्धरणी मुहुः । स्वर्गश्च सत्यलोकश्च तत्स्वनाद्बधिरीकृतः
rudatastasya śabdena prākaṃpaddharaṇī muhuḥ | svargaśca satyalokaśca tatsvanādbadhirīkṛtaḥ
তার কান্নার শব্দে পৃথিবী বারবার কেঁপে উঠল; আর সেই গর্জনে স্বর্গ ও সত্যলোকও যেন বধির হয়ে গেল।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahākāla
Jyotirlinga: Mahākāleśvara
Sthala Purana: Mahākāla is the Lord whose presence subdues time and terror. Though this verse is not the Ujjain installation legend, its imagery—worlds stunned by Rudra’s sound—resonates with Mahākāla’s cosmic dominance that stills even the highest realms.
Significance: Darśana of Mahākāleśvara is sought for release from fear of death/time and for inner steadiness; the verse’s ‘deafening roar’ symbolizes the silencing of worldly clamor before the Absolute.
Type: rudram
Cosmic Event: Cosmic vibration (nāda) from Rudra-tejas causes earth-tremor and overwhelms higher lokas (Svarga, Satyaloka).
FAQs
It emphasizes the sheer cosmic potency of divine emotion and nāda (spiritual sound): even the higher worlds are overwhelmed, reminding devotees that all lokas are finite before the Supreme (Pati) and that true refuge is in Shiva, not in heavenly attainments.
The verse conveys Saguna Shiva’s manifest power as felt through sound and vibration; in Linga-worship, devotees approach that same Supreme through a tangible focus, learning reverence and surrender as the mind recognizes the Lord’s presence pervading all realms.
A takeaway is nāda-anusandhāna (meditation on sacred sound) through japa of the Panchākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—to internalize Shiva’s all-pervading presence; accompanying practices like Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa can support steadiness and devotion.