Shloka 11
वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)
लब्धवान्देवदेवस्य प्रभावाच्छूलपाणिनः असहन्ती पुरा भानोस् तेजोमयम् अनिन्दिता
labdhavāndevadevasya prabhāvācchūlapāṇinaḥ asahantī purā bhānos tejomayam aninditā
By the might of the God of gods—Śiva, the trident-bearer—she had obtained that radiant, fiery state. In former times, the blameless one could not endure the Sun’s blazing effulgence.
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya, with implied internal narrative context)
FAQs
It frames all brilliance (tejas)—even the Sun’s—as subordinate to Śiva’s prabhāva; Linga worship seeks the Pati who empowers and stabilizes limited beings (paśu) beyond overwhelming forces of nature.
Śiva appears as Devadeva and Śūlapāṇi whose anugraha grants a transformative radiance; Shiva-tattva is the sovereign source of tejas that can both manifest and regulate cosmic power.
Implied is Pāśupata-oriented discipline: receiving Śiva’s grace to endure and transmute tejas—practically mirrored in Linga-pūjā with mantra, dhyāna, and inner steadiness (dhāraṇā) rather than merely external power.