Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 49
उपमन्युतपः-निवारणप्रसङ्गः / Śiva restrains Upamanyu’s tapas (Śiva disguised as Indra)
क्षीराब्धिरपि साकारः क्षीरं स्वादु करे दधत् । उपस्थाय ददौ पिण्डीभूतं क्षीरमनश्वरम्
kṣīrābdhirapi sākāraḥ kṣīraṃ svādu kare dadhat | upasthāya dadau piṇḍībhūtaṃ kṣīramanaśvaram
ക്ഷീരസമുദ്രവും രൂപം ധരിച്ചു, കൈയിൽ മധുരപാൽ പിടിച്ച് മുന്നോട്ട് വന്ന്, പിണ്ഡീഭൂതമായ—അനശ്വരമായ—ക്ഷീരം സമർപ്പിച്ചു.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Role: nurturing
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
It portrays nature itself (the Ocean of Milk) becoming “sākāra” to serve the Divine, indicating that devotion can transmute ordinary offerings into an imperishable spiritual essence—echoing the Shaiva Siddhanta idea that grace elevates the finite (pāśa-bound) toward the deathless reality of Pati (Shiva).
The verse emphasizes embodied, tangible devotion—approaching, holding, and offering—aligned with Saguna worship where milk is a primary upachara in linga-abhisheka. The “solidified, imperishable milk” suggests the offering becomes sanctified (prasāda) through contact with the Lord’s presence.
A practical takeaway is kṣīrābhiṣeka (milk abhisheka) to Shiva-linga with a bhakti-bhāva, accompanied by japa of the Panchakshara mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” contemplating the shift from perishable substance to imperishable grace (anaśvara).