Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 2
सतीसंक्षेपचरित्रवर्णनम् — Summary Description of Satī’s Narrative
त्वन्मुखांभोजसंवृत्तां श्रुत्वा शिवकथां पराम् । अतृप्तो हि पुनस्तां वै श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं प्रभो
tvanmukhāṃbhojasaṃvṛttāṃ śrutvā śivakathāṃ parām | atṛpto hi punastāṃ vai śrotumicchāmyahaṃ prabho
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Nārada (requesting to hear Śiva-kathā again from Brahmā)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Significance: Śiva-kathā-śravaṇa is framed as an upāya for pāśa-kṣaya: repeated hearing ripens bhakti and prepares the paśu for Śiva’s anugraha (grace).
Type: stotra
FAQs
It teaches that Śiva-kathā is intrinsically purifying and inexhaustible; true devotion (bhakti) expresses itself as continual śravaṇa—hearing again and again—because the heart is never “finished” with the Lord’s glory and grace.
Repeated hearing of Śiva’s līlā and attributes nurtures saguna-bhakti, which naturally ripens into steady worship—often centered on the Śiva-liṅga—where the devotee’s mind becomes absorbed in the Lord’s compassionate, accessible form.
A practical takeaway is daily śravaṇa/manana: listen to or recite Śiva Purāṇa passages, then contemplate them; this can be paired with japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) to stabilize devotion.