Shiva Purana: Uma Samhita, Adhyaya 39, Shloka 4
Sagara-vaṃśa-prasavaḥ: The Birth of Sagara’s Sons and the Bhāgīratha Lineage
तत्रैवागत्य तां लब्ध्वा पुत्राञ्शूरान्बहूंस्तदा । सा चैव सुषुवे तुम्बं बीजपूर्वं पृथक्कृतम्
tatraivāgatya tāṃ labdhvā putrāñśūrānbahūṃstadā | sā caiva suṣuve tumbaṃ bījapūrvaṃ pṛthakkṛtam
वापस वहाँ आ के उस औरत को पाया। उसके बाद बहुत सारे बहादुर बेटे हुए। फिर उसने एक कद्दू जैसा फल दिया जिसका बीज अलग कर दिया था।
Sandhi Notes
- तत्रैवागत्य = तत्र + एव + आगत्य
- पुत्राञ्शूरान्बहूंस्तदा = पुत्रान् + शूरान् + बहून् + तदा
- चैव = च + एव
Suta Goswami
Narrator reveals the wondrous mechanism of birth, heightening suspense for the subsequent unfolding of the sons’ collective destiny.
Didactic: extraordinary births underscore daiva and karma; listeners are led to contemplate how power (many sons) can become bondage (pāśa) without dharma and Śiva’s guidance.
No Jyotirliṅga; this is the marvel-birth motif (tumbā/gourd) used in Purāṇic genealogies to signal extraordinary, fate-driven progeny and impending karmic consequences.
FAQs
The verse highlights how worldly lineage and unusual births still unfold under Shiva’s niyati (divine order). In Shaiva Siddhanta, such events remind the seeker that all embodied outcomes arise within Pati’s governance, while liberation comes from turning the mind from mere progeny toward devotion and right knowledge.
By portraying extraordinary occurrences within sacred history, the Purana reinforces faith in Saguna Shiva as the Lord who regulates creation and destiny. Such narrative faith (śraddhā) is traditionally stabilized through Linga worship, where the devotee contemplates Shiva as both immanent ruler of events and the transcendent giver of grace.
A practical takeaway is to ground family life in daily Shiva-upāsanā: recite the Panchakshara mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), apply Tripundra (bhasma) with remembrance of Shiva, and dedicate life-events to the Lord to cultivate detachment and devotion.
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