Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 82
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
हर उवाच किमर्थं देवतानाथौ परिभूतक्रमं त्विह मां स्तुवाते भृशास्वस्थं कामतापितविग्रहम्
hara uvāca kimarthaṃ devatānāthau paribhūtakramaṃ tviha māṃ stuvāte bhṛśāsvasthaṃ kāmatāpitavigraham
Hara sprach: „Aus welchem Grund preist ihr beiden, ihr Herren der Götter, mich hier, obwohl man mich in der gebührenden Ordnung übergangen und beiseitegesetzt hat—und da ich doch sehr unruhig bin, mein Leib vom Brand der Begierde gequält?“
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FAQs
Even a great deity is approached through humility and praise; the episode frames devotion (stuti) as a means to restore balance when dharmic order or precedence has been disturbed.
Primarily within Vamśānucarita/Ākhyāna (narrative episode) rather than cosmogenesis; it is an embedded dialogue illustrating dharma and devotion through divine interaction.
Śiva’s ‘unease’ and mention of desire-torment signals a narrative tension requiring pacification through bhakti; it also sets up the legitimacy of liṅga-related worship as something even the Devas invoke.