Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 34
गाणपत्यदानकथा
Bāṇāsura Receives Gaṇapatya; Genealogical Prelude
पुष्पभारावनद्धानां रारट्येरंश्च कोकिलाः । मधुरं कामजननं वनेषूपवनेषु च
puṣpabhārāvanaddhānāṃ rāraṭyeraṃśca kokilāḥ | madhuraṃ kāmajananaṃ vaneṣūpavaneṣu ca
ក្នុងព្រៃ និងសួនព្រៃទាំងឡាយ ដើមឈើទ្រទ្រង់ផ្កាច្រើនដូចជាបន្ទុកធ្ងន់; កុកិលាបានហៅសូរស្រទន់រីករាយ។ គ្រប់ទីកន្លែងមានភាពផ្អែមល្ហែមបង្កើតក្តីប្រាថ្នា—សម្រស់និទាឃរដូវពោរពេញព្រៃ និងសួនច្បារ។
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Role: creative
Offering: pushpa
Cosmic Event: Kāma-janana ambience peaks: blossoms weigh down trees; cuckoos intensify the erotic-spring signal (vasanta as kāma’s season).
FAQs
It depicts the power of sensory beauty—spring’s sweetness that stirs kāma—highlighting how the world can enchant the mind; in a Shaiva Siddhanta reading, such attraction is a reminder to turn awareness from passing pleasures toward Pati (Shiva), the steady refuge beyond mental agitation.
By showing how easily the mind becomes captivated by pleasant sights and sounds, the verse implicitly supports disciplined devotion: Linga-worship and Saguna Shiva-bhakti gather the scattered senses and redirect them from desire toward reverence, purity, and inner stillness.
A practical takeaway is sense-restraint with mantra-japa—especially the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—so that desire-arousing impressions are witnessed without attachment, and devotion remains stable.