Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 40
अन्धक-प्रश्नः — Inquiry into Andhaka
Genealogy and Nature
सनत्कुमार उवाच । इत्येवमुक्त्वा प्रददौ स तस्मै हिरण्यनेत्राय सुतं प्रसन्नः । हरस्तु गौर्य्या सहितो महात्मा भूतादिनाथस्त्रिपुरारिरुग्रः
sanatkumāra uvāca | ityevamuktvā pradadau sa tasmai hiraṇyanetrāya sutaṃ prasannaḥ | harastu gauryyā sahito mahātmā bhūtādināthastripurārirugraḥ
Sanatkumāra sprach: Nachdem er so geredet hatte, schenkte er, wohlgefällig gestimmt, Hiraṇyanetra einen Sohn. Und Hara, der großherzige Herr, mit Gaurī vereint—furchtbar, der uranfängliche Gebieter der Wesen, der Zerstörer Tripuras—bewirkte so diese Gnade.
Sanatkumara
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Tripurāntaka
Shakti Form: Gaurī
Role: nurturing
FAQs
The verse highlights Śiva’s anugraha (grace): when the Lord is pleased, he can confer auspicious outcomes—even progeny—showing that divine favor, not mere effort, is decisive in fulfilling dharmic aims.
By naming Hara as Tripurāri and Bhūtādinātha and showing him with Gaurī, the verse points to Saguna Śiva—worshipped through the Liṅga and divine names/forms—who responds to devotion and grants boons in the world.
A practical takeaway is to seek Śiva’s prasāda through regular Liṅga-pūjā with pañcākṣarī japa ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya"), remembering him as Tripurāri; such devotion is traditionally held to invite the Lord’s grace.