Shloka 13
तदा च गिरिजादेवी विरहं पुत्रसंभवम् । शंभुश्च परमं दुःखं प्राप तस्मिन्ननागते
tadā ca girijādevī virahaṃ putrasaṃbhavam | śaṃbhuśca paramaṃ duḥkhaṃ prāpa tasminnanāgate
Then Girijā Devī, through separation, became the cause for the arising of a son; and Śambhu too, in that time when the son had not yet come to be, fell into supreme sorrow.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: creative
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It presents viraha (sacred separation) as a divine līlā that intensifies devotion and ripens destiny—here becoming the occasion for the manifestation of the divine son, while also revealing Śiva’s compassionate participation in cosmic emotion for the welfare of beings.
Though Śiva is ultimately beyond sorrow as Nirguṇa, the Purāṇa shows him as Saguna Śambhu who participates in feeling; devotees approach the Liṅga as that accessible form where divine transcendence and immanence meet, and where longing is transformed into grace.
A practical takeaway is viraha-bhakti: steady japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with inner remembrance during separation or hardship, offering the emotion to Śiva with Tripuṇḍra/bhasma and simple daily worship.