Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 64
शिवपुत्रजननवर्णनम् — Description of the Birth/Manifestation of Śiva’s Son
तत्यजुश्शिव रेतस्तद्गर्भरूपं मुनिस्त्रियः । ता हिमाचलपृष्ठेऽथाभवन् दाहविवर्जिताः
tatyajuśśiva retastadgarbharūpaṃ munistriyaḥ | tā himācalapṛṣṭhe'thābhavan dāhavivarjitāḥ
Alors les épouses des sages rejetèrent la semence de Śiva, qui avait pris la forme d’un embryon. Puis, sur les pentes de l’Himācala, elles furent délivrées du supplice brûlant né de cette puissance de feu.
Sūta Gosvāmin
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadyojāta
Sthala Purana: Part of the Kumāra/Skanda origin cycle: Śiva’s unbearable tejas (retas) is carried by the sages’ wives, expelled as embryo-form, and transferred to Himācala, initiating the chain leading toward Gaṅgā and the birth of the divine child.
Significance: Remembrance of the episode is used in some local traditions to emphasize purification from ‘dāha’ (inner burning) through contact with Śiva’s grace and sacred geography (Himālaya/Gaṅgā).
Role: creative
FAQs
It portrays Śiva’s power as an overwhelming, purifying potency: when finite beings cannot bear that divine heat, relief comes through proper placement and divine order, symbolized by the cooling, stabilizing sanctity of Himācala.
The narrative emphasizes Saguna Śiva’s tangible divine energy operating in the world; Linga-worship likewise approaches Śiva through a concrete sacred focus where His boundless power is made accessible, steady, and grace-bestowing for devotees.
A practical takeaway is to seek cooling steadiness through Shiva-upāsanā—japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) and disciplined purity—so inner ‘burning’ (agitation) is pacified by Śiva’s grace.