Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 17
हिमाचलविवाहवर्णनम् — Description of Himācala’s
context for) Marriage / The Himālaya-Marriage Narrative (Chapter Opening
नानावृक्षसमाकीर्णो नानाशृंगसुचित्रितः । सिंहव्याघ्रादिपशुभिस्सेवितस्सुखिभिस्सदा
nānāvṛkṣasamākīrṇo nānāśṛṃgasucitritaḥ | siṃhavyāghrādipaśubhissevitassukhibhissadā
वह अनेक प्रकार के वृक्षों से भरा था और विविध शिखरों से सुशोभित था। सिंह, व्याघ्र आदि पशु भी वहाँ सदा सुखी और शांत होकर विचरते थे।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: Continuation of the sacred mountain’s description: abundant forests and many-peaked beauty; even predatory animals dwell in harmony—signifying a sanctified kṣetra where natural hostility is pacified.
Significance: Models the kṣetra as a field of inner pacification (śānti): approaching Śiva’s dear abode calms the ‘beastly’ impulses, supporting tapas and contemplation.
Role: nurturing
FAQs
The verse depicts a sanctified space where even fierce creatures become calm, pointing to Shaiva Siddhanta’s idea that in the presence of Pati (Shiva), the pashu-nature (restless instinct) is pacified and harmony arises naturally.
Such descriptions frame Saguna Shiva’s realm as tangibly peace-giving: devotion to Shiva (often centered on the Linga) is portrayed as transforming the environment and the devotee, turning agitation into serenity through Shiva’s grace (anugraha).
Meditate on Shiva’s dhama as a field of fearlessness and inner quiet; during japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), contemplate the calming of one’s ‘inner beasts’ (anger, fear, craving) into contentment.