Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 36
सृष्टिक्रमवर्णनम् / Description of the Sequence of Creation
वामांगो यस्य वैकुंठो दक्षिणांगोऽहमेव च । रुद्रो हृदयजो यस्य त्रिविधस्तु शिवः स्मृतः
vāmāṃgo yasya vaikuṃṭho dakṣiṇāṃgo'hameva ca | rudro hṛdayajo yasya trividhastu śivaḥ smṛtaḥ
ആരുടെ വാമഭാഗം വൈകുണ്ഠൻ (വിഷ്ണു), ദക്ഷിണഭാഗം ഞാൻ (ബ്രഹ്മാ); ആരുടെ ഹൃദയത്തിൽ നിന്നാണ് രുദ്രൻ ജനിക്കുന്നത്—അത്തരം പ്രഭുവിനെ ത്രിവിധ പ്രകാശത്തിൽ ‘ശിവൻ’ എന്നു സ്മരിക്കുന്നു।
Brahma
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Cosmic Event: kalpa-level emanation of trimūrti roles (conceptual cosmogenesis)
FAQs
It presents Shiva as the supreme, threefold reality in whom the cosmic functions appear: preservation as Viṣṇu, creation as Brahmā, and dissolution as Rudra—yet Shiva remains the auspicious Pati who transcends these roles.
By identifying all divine functions as residing in Shiva, the verse supports Saguna worship—especially Linga-upāsanā—as worship of the single Lord who contains and governs the Trimurti, leading the devotee toward knowledge of his transcendent nature.
Contemplate Shiva as the indwelling source of creation, preservation, and dissolution while repeating the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”; offer bilva leaves to the Linga with the intent of surrendering all actions to the one Pati.