Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 31
कुमाराभिषेकवर्णनम् — Description of Kumāra’s Abhiṣeka
Consecration/Installation
ऋषयो ब्रह्मघोषेण गीतेनैव च गायकाः । वाद्यैश्च बहवस्तत्रोपतस्थुश्च कुमारकम्
ṛṣayo brahmaghoṣeṇa gītenaiva ca gāyakāḥ | vādyaiśca bahavastatropatasthuśca kumārakam
Di sana para ṛṣi melantunkan seruan suci Veda; para penyanyi menyanyikan kidung pujian; dan ramai pemuzik dengan alat-alat bunyi turut hadir, semuanya berdiri mengiringi Kanak-kanak Ilahi, Kumāra, dengan khidmat melalui bunyi yang membawa berkat.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Type: rudram
Role: teaching
FAQs
It presents sacred sound—Vedic chant, devotional song, and instrumental music—as a pure mode of seva (reverent attendance), showing that devotion expressed through śabda can sanctify the mind and align it with Shiva’s divine order.
Just as devotees worship Saguna Shiva in the Linga with mantra and stotra, here the same principle appears as honoring Shiva’s divine manifestation through Kumāra—approaching the divine form with auspicious chant and praise.
Kīrtana and mantra-japa: reciting Shiva mantras (especially the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and singing hymns with attentive presence, treating sound itself as an offering in puja.