Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 39
शिवपुत्रजननवर्णनम् — Description of the Birth/Manifestation of Śiva’s Son
तच्छंभुरेतस्स्वर्णाभं पर्वताकारमद्भुतम् । अभवत्पतितं भूमौ स्पृशद् द्यामेव सुप्रभम्
tacchaṃbhuretassvarṇābhaṃ parvatākāramadbhutam | abhavatpatitaṃ bhūmau spṛśad dyāmeva suprabham
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Sūta Gosvāmin
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga narration; it describes the descent/manifestation of Śiva’s retaḥ as a radiant, mountain-like mass—an archetypal ‘self-manifesting’ (svayambhū) sign of Śiva’s creative potency.
Significance: Frames the cosmos as sustained by Śiva’s transcendent yet immanent śakti; contemplation of this radiance is presented as awe-inducing and purifying.
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: creative
Cosmic Event: theophany-like descent of Śiva-tejas (creative manifestation)
FAQs
It depicts Śiva’s tejas as overwhelmingly luminous and world-pervading—an image of the Lord’s supreme potency that descends into the realm of matter yet remains heaven-reaching, pointing to grace that can lift the bound soul (paśu) beyond limitation.
The “mountain-like, radiant” descent evokes the linga principle—Śiva’s manifest, worshipable presence (saguṇa upāsanā) through which devotees approach the transcendent Lord; the blazing form suggests the linga as a focus of divine light and power.
Meditate on Śiva as pure tejas while chanting the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), visualizing a golden, sky-reaching radiance in the heart or before a śivaliṅga; on Mahāśivarātri, combine this with vibhūti (tripuṇḍra) and steady japa for inner purification.