Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 24
शिवरूपदर्शनम्
Menā’s Vision of Śiva’s Divine Form
ब्रह्मोवाच । इत्थं सम्भाष्य सा मेना संस्तूयेन्दुललाटकम् । साञ्जलिः प्रणता शैलप्रिया लज्जापराऽभवत्
brahmovāca | itthaṃ sambhāṣya sā menā saṃstūyendulalāṭakam | sāñjaliḥ praṇatā śailapriyā lajjāparā'bhavat
ព្រះព្រហ្មមានព្រះបន្ទូល៖ ដូច្នេះហើយ មេណា បានសរសើរព្រះអម្ចាស់នៃភ្នំ—ព្រះដែលមានព្រះចន្ទអឌ្ឍចន្ទលើលលាដ៍។ នាងប្រណម្យដៃជាប់គ្នា ក្រាបបង្គំ ហើយ សៃលប្រីយា (បារវតី) ក៏ក្លាយជាខ្មាសអៀនយ៉ាងខ្លាំង។
Brahma
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Mantra: indulalāṭaka (epithet of Śiva)
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: nurturing
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It highlights bhakti expressed through praise and namaskāra to Saguna Śiva (the Moon-crested Lord), and shows the inner transformation it evokes—humility and modest purity in Pārvatī, a sign of ripening devotion and grace.
The epithet “moon on the forehead” points to Saguna Śiva—worshipped through names, forms, and symbols (including the Liṅga). Praise (stuti) and folded-hands reverence are classic modes of approaching the Liṅga as the compassionate, accessible manifestation of Pati (Lord) for the devotee.
A simple practice is stuti with añjali (folded hands) and praṇāma before a Śiva-liṅga, contemplating Candraśekhara (the Moon-crested Śiva) while repeating the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—to cultivate humility and devotional steadiness.