Shloka 63
शिवशिवयोर्जगत्पितृमातृत्व-प्रतिपादनं तथा मेनायाः विमोहः (Śiva–Śivā as Cosmic Father and Mother; Menā’s Delusion and the Sages’ Intervention)
हिमालय उवाच । कस्य वंशोद्भवो ब्रह्मन्ननरण्यो नृपश्चसः । सुतां दत्त्वा स च कथं ररक्षाखिलसम्पदः
himālaya uvāca | kasya vaṃśodbhavo brahmannanaraṇyo nṛpaścasaḥ | sutāṃ dattvā sa ca kathaṃ rarakṣākhilasampadaḥ
Himālaya said: “O Brahman, from what lineage was that king Anaraṇya born? And after giving his daughter in marriage, how did he preserve and protect all his prosperity and possessions?”
Himālaya
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: nurturing
FAQs
This verse frames a dhārmic inquiry: true prosperity is not merely acquired but safeguarded through righteous conduct and proper alliances, ultimately upheld by devotion to Pati (Śiva) and adherence to dharma.
Though not naming the Liṅga directly, the question arises within the Rudrasaṃhitā’s Shaiva narrative, where worldly order (rājadharma and prosperity) is understood as stable when aligned with Saguna Śiva’s grace and the discipline of Shiva-centered worship.
The practical takeaway is to uphold dharma with Shiva-bhakti—daily remembrance of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and regular, sattvic worship—so that prosperity is protected without bondage.