Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 25
कुमाराद्भुतचरितवर्णनम् — Description of Kumāra’s Wondrous Deeds
अन्वेषणं चकारासौ सर्वब्रह्माण्डगोलके । न प्राप तमजं कुत्र शुश्राव तदुपद्रवम्
anveṣaṇaṃ cakārāsau sarvabrahmāṇḍagolake | na prāpa tamajaṃ kutra śuśrāva tadupadravam
彼は宇宙卵の全域、すなわち全宇宙をくまなく探し求めたが、いずこにもその不生の御方を得られなかった。代わりに、御方が起こした騒擾と動乱の報を耳にした。
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Cosmic Event: brahmāṇḍa-vyāpti (cosmic pervasion) and divine upadrava as a world-shaking līlā
FAQs
It teaches that Shiva as the Aja (Unborn, supreme Pati) is not grasped by exhaustive external searching through the cosmos; realization comes through grace, devotion, and inner turning rather than mere movement through worlds.
The verse implies that the limitless Lord cannot be located as a finite object; the Linga serves as the compassionate, accessible Saguna symbol through which the seeker approaches the transcendent Aja who pervades yet exceeds the brahmāṇḍa.
Replace outward restlessness with steady japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and dhyāna on the Linga, seeking Shiva’s anugraha (grace) rather than relying only on worldly or cosmic exploration.