Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 40
शिवलोकप्रवेशः
Entry into Śivaloka through successive gateways
सनत्कुमार उवाच । इत्युक्त्वा तौ सुरौ व्यास हरिर्ब्रह्मा च वै तदा । विरेमतुः शिवं नत्वा करौ बद्ध्वा विनीतकौ
sanatkumāra uvāca | ityuktvā tau surau vyāsa harirbrahmā ca vai tadā | virematuḥ śivaṃ natvā karau baddhvā vinītakau
Sanatkumāra sprach: Nachdem sie so geredet hatten, o Vyāsa, hielten jene beiden Gottheiten—Hari (Viṣṇu) und Brahmā—dann inne. Vor Śiva verneigten sie sich und standen mit gefalteten Händen da, demütig und in beherrschter Haltung.
Sanatkumara
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga episode; it is a didactic narrative moment: Brahmā and Viṣṇu cease contention and submit to Śiva.
Significance: Teaches humility before the supreme Lord; pilgrimage/ritual fruit is implicit: surrender and reverence dissolve egoic rivalry and align one with dharma.
FAQs
It highlights vinaya (humble surrender) before Pati—Lord Śiva—showing that even Brahmā and Viṣṇu become composed and reverent when they recognize Śiva’s supreme, grace-bestowing lordship.
The verse embodies the essential attitude of Saguna-Śiva worship: bowing (namaskāra) and folded hands (añjali). Such reverence is the inner form of approaching the Liṅga—meeting Śiva with devotion rather than ego or rivalry.
Practice añjali-mudrā with a sincere namaskāra to Śiva before japa of “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” letting the mind ‘cease’ (virema) from agitation and rest in humility and devotion.