Shloka 29
गृहस्थ-जीवनसंस्काराः तथा पुत्रजन्म-शुभलक्षणवर्णनम् / Household Saṃskāras and the Auspicious Portents of a Son’s Birth
अथवा किमिदं चित्रं शर्वभक्तजनेष्वहो । स्वयमाविरभूद्रुद्रो ययो रुद्रस्तदर्चितः
athavā kimidaṃ citraṃ śarvabhaktajaneṣvaho | svayamāvirabhūdrudro yayo rudrastadarcitaḥ
Atau, apakah yang menghairankan dalam kalangan para bhakta Śarva? Rudra sendiri telah menzahirkan diri—agar Rudra (Śiva) dipuja melalui penzahiran itu juga.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Rudra
Sthala Purana: The verse frames a self-manifestation (svayam-āvirbhāva) of Rudra for the sake of His own worship—an archetypal Purāṇic motif behind svayambhū-liṅgas and many local liṅga-origin legends, though no specific Jyotirliṅga is named here.
Significance: Affirms that Śiva’s grace can take concrete form to make worship possible; darśana of a self-manifest sign is treated as especially merit-giving in Śaiva tīrtha culture.
FAQs
The verse teaches that for Śiva’s devotees, divine revelation is natural: Rudra manifests out of grace so that devotion (bhakti) can culminate in direct worship and inner recognition of the Lord as Pati (the liberating Master).
It supports Saguna upāsanā: Śiva willingly takes an accessible form—such as a manifested presence or worship-worthy symbol like the Liṅga—so devotees can perform arcana and progress toward Śiva-realization.
The practical takeaway is steady arcana: worship Rudra with mantra-japa (especially Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), offerings, and contemplative remembrance of Śiva’s compassionate self-manifestation.