Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 20
शिवतेजसः समुद्रे बालरूपप्रादुर्भावः (Śiva’s Tejas Manifesting as a Child in the Ocean)
सनत्कुमार उवाच । एवं वदति पाथोधौ स बालस्सागरात्मजः । ब्रह्माणमग्रहीत्कण्ठे विधुन्वंतं मुहुर्मुहुः
sanatkumāra uvāca | evaṃ vadati pāthodhau sa bālassāgarātmajaḥ | brahmāṇamagrahītkaṇṭhe vidhunvaṃtaṃ muhurmuhuḥ
สนัตกุมารกล่าวว่า ขณะสมุทรกล่าวดังนั้น เด็กหนุ่มผู้เป็นบุตรแห่งสมุทรได้คว้าคอพระพรหมไว้ แล้วเขย่าแรงซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า
Sanatkumara
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Bhairava
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga account; the violent seizure functions as a narrative eruption of ‘ugra’ energy, reminiscent of Bhairava-like disruption of cosmic decorum.
Role: destructive
FAQs
It highlights that even exalted cosmic authorities like Brahmā can be forcibly checked when dharma and cosmic order are disturbed—pointing to the Shaiva Siddhānta emphasis that all finite powers remain subordinate to the Supreme Lord (Pati) and must act without ego.
Though the verse is a battle-narrative moment, its underlying message supports Saguna Shiva devotion: the devotee learns humility and reliance on the Supreme protector, whose manifest governance restores order when other deities are constrained by circumstance.
A practical takeaway is cultivating humility through japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") and meditating on Shiva as the inner ruler (Pati) who steadies the mind when shaken by agitation, just as cosmic order is steadied in the Purāṇic narrative.