Shloka 47
शिवानुकम्पा, ब्रह्मणो निर्भयत्वं च (Śiva’s Compassion and Brahmā’s Fearlessness)
आरोप्य वृषभे शंभुस्सतीं दक्षाज्ञया मुदा । जगाम हिमवत्प्रस्थं वृषभस्थस्स्वयं प्रभुः
āropya vṛṣabhe śaṃbhussatīṃ dakṣājñayā mudā | jagāma himavatprasthaṃ vṛṣabhasthassvayaṃ prabhuḥ
ദക്ഷന്റെ ആജ്ഞപ്രകാരം ശംഭു ആനന്ദത്തോടെ സതിയെ വൃഷഭത്തിന്മേൽ ഇരുത്തി; പ്രഭു തന്നെയും വൃഷഭാരൂഢനായി ഹിമവത്-പ്രസ്ഥത്തിലേക്ക് പുറപ്പെട്ടു।
Sūta Gosvāmi (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Jyotirlinga: Kedāranātha
Sthala Purana: The movement toward Himavat evokes the Himalayan Śaiva landscape; Kedāra is famed as Śiva’s Himalayan seat where devotees seek absolution and Śiva’s grace.
Significance: Pilgrimage to the Himalayan Śiva-sthāna is framed as an ascent toward anugraha—purification, removal of pāśa (bondage), and steadiness in bhakti.
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It shows Śiva as the gracious Lord who, while being supremely independent (svayaṃ prabhuḥ), participates in worldly dharma with joy—teaching that divine presence sanctifies even ordinary transitions like a journey, when guided by right intention.
The verse highlights Saguna Śiva—Śambhu visibly acting in the world, mounted on the bull (Nandi). Devotees can approach the transcendent Lord through this accessible form, just as Linga-worship provides a concrete focus for devotion to the formless Reality.
A simple takeaway is Nandi–Śiva smaraṇa: mentally visualize Śiva as Prabhu on Nandi while chanting the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), cultivating steady devotion and auspiciousness before travel or major life transitions.