Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 28
विष्णोः स्तुतिः—शिवसतीरक्षावचनम्
Viṣṇu’s Hymn and the Petition for Śiva–Satī’s Protection
मम रेतः प्रचस्कंद ततस्तद्वीक्षणाद्द्रुतम् । चतुर्बिन्दुमित भूमौ तुषारचयसंनिभम्
mama retaḥ pracaskaṃda tatastadvīkṣaṇāddrutam | caturbindumita bhūmau tuṣāracayasaṃnibham
“എന്റെ രേതസ് സ്ഖലിച്ചു; അതിനെ കണ്ടമാത്രത്തിൽ തന്നെ അത് വേഗത്തിൽ ഘനമായി. ഭൂമിയിൽ അത് നാലു തുള്ളികളുടെ അളവായി, മഞ്ഞുകൂമ്പാരത്തെപ്പോലെ തോന്നി.”
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Sthala Purana: The verse belongs to the mythic complex of Śiva’s retas (seed) becoming a potent, condensed bindu on earth—an etiological motif later used in Purāṇic and Sthala traditions to explain the arising of extraordinary liṅgas/kṣetras from divine tejas.
Significance: Frames Śiva’s tejas as materially efficacious; contemplation of this episode is used to underscore the sanctity of liṅga/tejas manifestations and the fruit of reverent restraint (saṃyama) in pilgrimage narratives.
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: creative
FAQs
It portrays Shiva’s absolute sovereignty over all energies: even a powerful emission becomes instantly stabilized by his mere awareness, indicating that in Shaiva understanding consciousness (Shiva) governs and purifies all manifestations.
The imagery of “bindu” (drop/point) echoes the linga principle—form arising from concentrated divine potency—supporting Saguna worship where Shiva’s power is revered in a sanctified, stabilizing form rather than as uncontrolled impulse.
A practical takeaway is sense-restraint and mental offering: through japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and steady dhyāna, one ‘solidifies’ restless impulses into devotion, purity, and inner stillness.