Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 19
विष्णुचेष्टितवर्णनम् / Account of Viṣṇu’s Stratagem and Its Aftermath
सनत्कुमार उवाच । इत्युक्त्वा तान्सुराञ्शंभुः पञ्चास्यो भगवान्हरः । अंतर्दधे द्रुतं व्यास सर्वैश्च स्वगणैस्सह
sanatkumāra uvāca | ityuktvā tānsurāñśaṃbhuḥ pañcāsyo bhagavānharaḥ | aṃtardadhe drutaṃ vyāsa sarvaiśca svagaṇaissaha
サナトクマーラは言った。「そのように神々に告げ終えると、五面の吉祥なる主ハラ、シャンブ（Śambhu）は、ああヴィヤーサよ、自らの従者のガナたちすべてと共に、たちまち姿を消した。」
Sanatkumara
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
FAQs
It highlights Śiva’s sovereign freedom (svātantrya): after guiding and reassuring the devas, He withdraws from vision, teaching that the Lord is not limited by form or place—He appears for grace and disappears without losing immanence.
Śiva is described as Pañcāsya (five-faced), a Saguna manifestation accessible to devotion; yet His sudden disappearance points devotees back to steady worship—especially of the Liṅga—as the enduring focus when the visible theophany is no longer present.
A practical takeaway is smaraṇa (remembrance) with japa of the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—maintaining inner communion when outward signs fade; it also supports disciplined pūjā with bhasma and Rudrākṣa as steady anchors of devotion.