Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 57
शिवशिवयोर्जगत्पितृमातृत्व-प्रतिपादनं तथा मेनायाः विमोहः (Śiva–Śivā as Cosmic Father and Mother; Menā’s Delusion and the Sages’ Intervention)
एको महेन्द्रश्शैलानां पक्षांश्चिच्छेद लीलया । पार्वती लीलया मेरोश्शृङ्गभङ्गं चकार च
eko mahendraśśailānāṃ pakṣāṃściccheda līlayā | pārvatī līlayā merośśṛṅgabhaṅgaṃ cakāra ca
ただ戯れのままに、マヘーンドラはただ一人で山々の「翼」を切り落とした。しかも同じく、パールヴァティーは自らのリーラーの力により、メール山の峰さえ砕いたのである。
Sūta Gosvāmin
Tattva Level: pati
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: creative
FAQs
It highlights divine līlā: even cosmic feats occur effortlessly for the gods, pointing the devotee toward humility and recognition that supreme power operates beyond ego—revealing the greatness of Śiva’s Śakti, embodied as Pārvatī.
The verse supports Saguna worship by portraying the manifest divine powers in narrative form; in Shaiva understanding, the Liṅga signifies Śiva, while such līlās show Śiva’s inseparable Śakti—together inspiring devotion to the Śiva–Śakti reality represented in Liṅga worship.
Contemplate Śiva–Śakti unity while chanting the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and applying Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) with reverence, cultivating surrender to divine power rather than reliance on personal strength.