Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 8
शिवतेजसः समुद्रे बालरूपप्रादुर्भावः (Śiva’s Tejas Manifesting as a Child in the Ocean)
किं बहूक्तेन विप्रेन्द्र चचाल सचराचरम् । भुवनं निखिलं तात रोदनात्तच्छिशोर्विभो
kiṃ bahūktena viprendra cacāla sacarācaram | bhuvanaṃ nikhilaṃ tāta rodanāttacchiśorvibho
Apa lagi yang perlu dikatakan, wahai yang terbaik antara para Brahmana? Dengan tangisan anak yang maha perkasa itu, seluruh jagat—segala yang bergerak dan tidak bergerak—menggeletar, wahai yang dikasihi.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Rudra
Sthala Purana: This is a rhetorical summation (kiṃ bahūktena): the child’s cry shakes the entire moving/unmoving cosmos. It functions as a doctrinal marker of Śiva’s all-pervasiveness and lordship rather than a site-specific liṅga narrative.
Significance: Instills viśvāsa that no realm is outside Śiva’s governance; encourages turning from cosmic fear to devotion, seeking anugraha that alone resolves tirodhāna.
Type: stotra
Cosmic Event: Universal tremor encompassing carācarā (moving and unmoving beings)—a totalizing cosmic disturbance.
FAQs
The verse emphasizes Shiva’s all-pervading sovereignty: even an apparently simple event (a divine child’s cry) can shake the whole cosmos, reminding the seeker that the Lord (Pati) governs all tattvas—moving and unmoving—and that worldly stability ultimately rests in Shiva.
It supports Saguna-upasana by portraying a tangible, narrative manifestation of divine power. Such leelas help devotees concentrate on Shiva’s accessible form and presence, which in Shaiva Siddhanta becomes a gateway to realizing the deeper, transcendent Lord beyond form.
A practical takeaway is steady japa of the Panchakshara mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” contemplating Shiva as the support of all worlds; this calms fear and instability symbolized by the universe trembling.