Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 56
कार्त्तिकेयान्वेषण-नन्दिसंवाद-वर्णनम्
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करोषि च यथाऽलोकं नाऽऽच्छन्नोऽस्मासु तेजसा । यथा सूर्यः कलाछन्नो न भवेन्मानवस्य च
karoṣi ca yathā'lokaṃ nā''cchanno'smāsu tejasā | yathā sūryaḥ kalāchanno na bhavenmānavasya ca
Du machst die Welten sichtbar, und doch wirst du uns nicht durch dein eigenes Strahlen verhüllt—wie die Sonne, die, obgleich teilweise von ihrer Phase bedeckt, für die Menschen nicht aufhört zu sein.
Sanatkumāra (inferred narrator within the Kumārakhaṇḍa discourse)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Role: teaching
Cosmic Event: Partial obscuration analogy (sun’s kalā), evoking eclipse/phase imagery without asserting an actual eclipse.
FAQs
It teaches that the Lord is self-luminous and the revealer of all experience, yet He is never truly obscured; any “covering” is only an apparent limitation in perception, like the sun seeming diminished by a phase.
The Liṅga is a tangible focus for approaching the self-effulgent Lord; even if the Supreme seems hidden due to limited human perception, Saguna worship keeps awareness anchored in His ever-present light and grace.
Meditate on Shiva as inner light while japa-ing the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), using the Liṅga as a steady support (ālambana) to transcend the mind’s veiling tendencies.