Shloka 33
स्वप्नवर्णनपूर्वकं संक्षेपशिवचरितवर्णनम् / Dream-Portents and a Concise Account of Śiva’s Career
दग्ध्वा स्मरं च तत्रैव स्ववह्निनयनेन सः । स्मृत्वा मम वचः क्रुद्धो मह्यमन्तर्दधे ततः
dagdhvā smaraṃ ca tatraiva svavahninayanena saḥ | smṛtvā mama vacaḥ kruddho mahyamantardadhe tataḥ
There itself, he burned Kāma (Smara) with the fire of his own eye. Then, remembering my words and becoming wrathful, he vanished from before me.
Parvati
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Rudra
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: teaching
Cosmic Event: Kāma-dahana (burning of Smara)
FAQs
The verse presents Śiva as the Pati (Supreme Lord) whose jñāna-agni—symbolized by the fire of the eye—reduces kama (binding desire) to ashes, teaching that liberation arises when desire is purified and ego-driven impulse is consumed by divine awareness.
In Saguna worship, devotees contemplate Śiva’s third eye as jñāna and tapas made visible; Linga-upāsanā similarly trains the mind to withdraw from sense-objects. Śiva’s ‘disappearance’ (antardhāna) mirrors the devotee’s inward turn—seeking the Lord not in outward excitement but in inner stillness and disciplined devotion.
A practical takeaway is tapas with mantra-japa—especially steady repetition of the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”)—combined with sense-restraint; symbolically, applying bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) and meditating on the third eye supports dispassion and the burning of kama.