Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 4
अध्याय ५५ — बाणस्य पुनर्युद्धप्रवृत्तिः
Bāṇa’s Renewed Engagement in Battle
सनत्कुमार उवाच । शृणु व्यास महाप्राज्ञ कथां च परमाद्भुताम् । कृष्णशंकरयोस्तात लोकलीलानुसारिणोः
sanatkumāra uvāca | śṛṇu vyāsa mahāprājña kathāṃ ca paramādbhutām | kṛṣṇaśaṃkarayostāta lokalīlānusāriṇoḥ
சனத்குமாரர் கூறினார்: ஓ மகா அறிவாளியான வியாசரே, உலக நடைமுறைக்கு ஏற்பத் தங்கள் தெய்வீக லீலைகளைப் புரியும் கிருஷ்ணர் மற்றும் சங்கரரைப் பற்றிய இந்த மிக அற்புதமான கதையைக் கேளுங்கள்.
Sanatkumara
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
FAQs
It frames the coming episode as “paramādbhutā” (supremely wondrous) and presents Kṛṣṇa and Śaṅkara as divine realities who, out of grace, participate in loka-līlā—making transcendent truth accessible to embodied beings through story.
By emphasizing Śaṅkara’s līlā “in accordance with the world,” the verse supports Saguna worship: Shiva compassionately assumes relatable modes for devotees—an outlook that undergirds devotion to the Liṅga as a tangible focus for approaching the transcendent Pati.
The practical takeaway is attentive śravaṇa (devotional listening) to Shiva-kathā; in Shaiva practice this is commonly paired with japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) to internalize the meaning of the narrative.