Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 13
हिरण्यनेत्रस्य तपः — Hiraṇyanetra’s Austerity and the Boon
ब्रह्मोवाच । दैत्येन्द्र सर्वं भविता तदेतद्विनाशहेतुं च गृहाण किंचित् । यस्मान्न जातो न जनिष्यते वा यो न प्रविष्टो मुखमंतकस्य
brahmovāca | daityendra sarvaṃ bhavitā tadetadvināśahetuṃ ca gṛhāṇa kiṃcit | yasmānna jāto na janiṣyate vā yo na praviṣṭo mukhamaṃtakasya
Brahmā sprach: „O Herr der Dānavas, all dies wird wahrlich so eintreten, wie es verkündet wurde. Doch erkenne auch eine Ursache des Verderbens: Jener, der weder geboren wurde noch geboren werden wird und niemals in den Rachen Antakas (des Todes) einging—dieser transzendente Herr ist dem Tod unerreichbar; im Widerstand gegen Ihn entsteht der Untergang.“
Brahma
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: teaching
FAQs
It points to Shiva as the unborn and death-transcending Supreme (Pati). In Shaiva Siddhanta terms, the soul bound by pāśa fears death, but the Lord is beyond it; turning against Him becomes the seed of one’s downfall.
Though Shiva is described here in transcendent terms (unborn, beyond Death), devotees approach that same reality through Saguna forms—especially the Śiva-liṅga—where the formless Lord is worshipped with form for grace and protection.
Contemplate Shiva as the conqueror of death (Mṛtyuñjaya) and take refuge in japa—especially the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—with devotion; this aligns the mind away from fear and toward the Lord’s protecting grace.