Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 39
शिवपुत्रजननवर्णनम् — Description of the Birth/Manifestation of Śiva’s Son
तच्छंभुरेतस्स्वर्णाभं पर्वताकारमद्भुतम् । अभवत्पतितं भूमौ स्पृशद् द्यामेव सुप्रभम्
tacchaṃbhuretassvarṇābhaṃ parvatākāramadbhutam | abhavatpatitaṃ bhūmau spṛśad dyāmeva suprabham
Dann fiel Śambhus Same, goldfarben und wundersam, der Gestalt nach einem Berge gleich, auf die Erde herab und loderte in einem Glanz, als berühre er den Himmel selbst.
Sūta Gosvāmin
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga narration; it describes the descent/manifestation of Śiva’s retaḥ as a radiant, mountain-like mass—an archetypal ‘self-manifesting’ (svayambhū) sign of Śiva’s creative potency.
Significance: Frames the cosmos as sustained by Śiva’s transcendent yet immanent śakti; contemplation of this radiance is presented as awe-inducing and purifying.
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: creative
Cosmic Event: theophany-like descent of Śiva-tejas (creative manifestation)
FAQs
It depicts Śiva’s tejas as overwhelmingly luminous and world-pervading—an image of the Lord’s supreme potency that descends into the realm of matter yet remains heaven-reaching, pointing to grace that can lift the bound soul (paśu) beyond limitation.
The “mountain-like, radiant” descent evokes the linga principle—Śiva’s manifest, worshipable presence (saguṇa upāsanā) through which devotees approach the transcendent Lord; the blazing form suggests the linga as a focus of divine light and power.
Meditate on Śiva as pure tejas while chanting the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), visualizing a golden, sky-reaching radiance in the heart or before a śivaliṅga; on Mahāśivarātri, combine this with vibhūti (tripuṇḍra) and steady japa for inner purification.