Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 50
कार्त्तिकेयान्वेषण-नन्दिसंवाद-वर्णनम्
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प्रबभूव रहः क्रीडा पार्वतीशिवयोः पुरा । दृष्टस्य च सुरैश्शंभोर्वीर्यं भूमौ पपात ह
prababhūva rahaḥ krīḍā pārvatīśivayoḥ purā | dṛṣṭasya ca suraiśśaṃbhorvīryaṃ bhūmau papāta ha
പുരാതനകാലത്ത് പാർവതി-ശിവന്മാരുടെ ഇടയിൽ ഒരു രഹസ്യക്രീഡ ഉദിച്ചു. എന്നാൽ ദേവന്മാർ ശംഭുവിനെ കണ്ടപ്പോൾ, അവിടുത്തെ ദിവ്യവീര്യം ഭൂമിയിൽ പതിച്ചു.
Sūta Gosvāmin
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
FAQs
It presents Shiva’s līlā as purposeful, not merely sensual: even divine energy is governed by dharma and cosmic order, revealing Śiva as Pati whose power manifests in the world for the welfare of beings.
The verse highlights Saguna Śiva—Śambhu with manifest power (śakti/vīrya). In Linga worship, devotees honor this same divine potency as sanctified presence: the Linga signifies Śiva’s transcendent reality while also accommodating His immanent, world-sustaining power.
A practical takeaway is brahmacarya (restraint) and śiva-smaraṇa: channel energy through japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and, where traditional, Tripuṇḍra-bhasma and Rudrākṣa as aids to steadiness and purity.