Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 11
मन्वन्तर-कल्प-प्रश्नोत्तरम् / Discourse on Manvantaras, Kalpas, and Re-creation
जगंति तृणवक्त्रीणि देवे दहति पावके । वृष्ट्या भुवि निषिक्तायां विवेलेष्वर्णवेषु च
jagaṃti tṛṇavaktrīṇi deve dahati pāvake | vṛṣṭyā bhuvi niṣiktāyāṃ viveleṣvarṇaveṣu ca
Cuando el Fuego divino arde, los seres quedan como si tuvieran la boca llena de hierba seca—consumidos y afligidos; y cuando la lluvia se derrama sobre la tierra, cuando se abren grandes hendiduras, aun en los océanos, (todos son impelidos por la fuerza de tales condiciones).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Rudra
Type: rudram
Cosmic Event: pralaya dynamics: divine fire and overwhelming rains disrupting earth and oceans
FAQs
It points to how embodied beings (paśu) are helplessly driven by external forces—heat, rain, and vast natural conditions—illustrating bondage (pāśa) and the need for refuge in Pati, Lord Shiva, who alone grants steadiness and liberation.
By showing the instability of worldly supports, it implicitly directs the seeker to a stable, worship-worthy center: Saguna Shiva as the Linga, the accessible form through which grace descends and the bound soul is guided beyond nature’s compulsions.
A practical takeaway is to cultivate steadiness through japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and daily Shiva-upasana (with bhasma/tripuṇḍra and inner recollection), so the mind is not swept away by changing conditions.