Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 11
विदलोत्पलदैत्ययोरुत्पत्तिः देवपराजयः ब्रह्मोपदेशः नारदप्रेषणम्
Vidalotpala Daityas, Defeat of the Devas, Brahmā’s Counsel, and Nārada’s Mission
एकस्मिन्समये शंभुर्विजहार सुलीलया । कौतुकेनैव चिक्रीडे शिवा कन्दुकलीलया
ekasminsamaye śaṃbhurvijahāra sulīlayā | kautukenaiva cikrīḍe śivā kandukalīlayā
এক সময় শম্ভু অতি মনোহর লীলায় বিহার করলেন। নিছক আনন্দে শিবা দেবীও তাঁর সঙ্গে বল-খেলার ক্রীড়ায় মেতে উঠলেন।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: nurturing
Offering: dipa
FAQs
It portrays the Saguna (personal) aspect of Pati (Śiva) with Śakti (Śivā/Pārvatī), showing that the Lord’s līlā is not worldly attachment but a compassionate, accessible mode through which devotees cultivate loving devotion and inner purity.
The verse supports Saguna-upāsanā: meditating on Śiva’s divine qualities and līlās. Such remembrance naturally matures into reverence for the Liṅga as the steady, formless-symbolic presence of the same Śiva beyond play—Nirguṇa realized through Saguna devotion.
Līlā-smaraṇa (devotional recollection) with japa of the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—is the key takeaway; one may combine it with calm dhyāna on Śiva-Śakti unity to steady the mind and turn delight into bhakti.