Shloka 3
शुक्रस्य जठरस्थत्वं तथा मृत्युशमनी-विद्या (Śukra in Śiva’s belly and the death-subduing vidyā)
न ददाह कथं शभोश्शुक्रं तं जठरानलः । कल्पान्तदहनः कालो दीप्ततेजाश्च भार्गवः
na dadāha kathaṃ śabhośśukraṃ taṃ jaṭharānalaḥ | kalpāntadahanaḥ kālo dīptatejāśca bhārgavaḥ
How could the gastric fire (jatharāgni) fail to burn that seed of Śambhu? Even Time (Kāla), the blaze that consumes the world at the end of a kalpa, and Bhārgava of blazing splendour could not burn it.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya in the Rudra Samhita’s Yuddha Khanda)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga episode; the verse stresses the inviolability of Śiva’s vīrya/śukra, a motif used in Purāṇas to explain the birth of extraordinary beings and the supremacy of Śiva over cosmic forces like Kāla and kalpānta-agni.
Cosmic Event: kalpānta-dahana (end-of-aeon conflagration) invoked as a comparison
FAQs
It declares the transcendence of Śiva’s śakti and essence: what arises from Śambhu is not subject to ordinary destruction—neither bodily fire nor even cosmic dissolution (kalpānta) can negate it, pointing to Śiva as Pati beyond Kāla.
The Linga is revered as the sign of the imperishable Śiva-tattva—beyond birth and decay. This verse supports that theology by showing that even the powers that consume the universe cannot ‘burn away’ Śiva’s principle, which the Linga symbolizes for devotees.
A practical takeaway is steady japa of the Panchakshara mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with contemplation that Śiva is beyond Kāla (Time) and dissolution—strengthening vairāgya and bhakti; optionally paired with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrāksha as Shaiva supports.