Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 33
मृत्युञ्जय-विद्या-प्रादुर्भावः
The Manifestation/Transmission of the Mṛtyuñjaya Vidyā
सनत्कुमार उवाच । अष्टमूर्त्यष्टकेनेत्थं परिष्टुत्येति भार्गवः । भर्गं भूमिमिलन्मौलिः प्रणनाम पुनःपुनः
sanatkumāra uvāca | aṣṭamūrtyaṣṭakenetthaṃ pariṣṭutyeti bhārgavaḥ | bhargaṃ bhūmimilanmauliḥ praṇanāma punaḥpunaḥ
Dijo Sanatkumāra: Así, tras alabar debidamente a Bharga con el himno octuple de las Ocho Formas, el Bhārgava (el sabio) se postró una y otra vez—con la frente tocando la tierra—en rendición reverente.
Sanatkumara
Tattva Level: pashu
FAQs
It highlights bhakti expressed through stuti (praise) and repeated namaskara (prostration), showing that humility and surrender to Shiva—here addressed as Bharga, the purifier—are powerful means for inner purification and grace.
The Eight-Form (Aṣṭamūrti) praise is a Saguna approach—worshipping Shiva through His manifest cosmic forms—leading the devotee to reverence that can be directed to the Linga as the concentrated symbol of Shiva’s all-pervading presence.
Recite an Aṣṭamūrti stotra with focused devotion and conclude with repeated prostrations (pañcāṅga or aṣṭāṅga namaskāra), cultivating surrender; this pairs naturally with Shiva-japa such as “Om Namaḥ Śivāya.”