Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 82
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
हर उवाच किमर्थं देवतानाथौ परिभूतक्रमं त्विह मां स्तुवाते भृशास्वस्थं कामतापितविग्रहम्
hara uvāca kimarthaṃ devatānāthau paribhūtakramaṃ tviha māṃ stuvāte bhṛśāsvasthaṃ kāmatāpitavigraham
หระตรัสว่า—“โอ้เจ้าแห่งเหล่าเทวะทั้งสอง เหตุใดพวกท่านจึงสรรเสริญเรา ณ ที่นี้ ทั้งที่เราถูกละเลยจากลำดับอันควร และเรากำลังว้าวุ่นยิ่งนัก กายถูกเผาด้วยไฟแห่งกาม?”
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FAQs
Even a great deity is approached through humility and praise; the episode frames devotion (stuti) as a means to restore balance when dharmic order or precedence has been disturbed.
Primarily within Vamśānucarita/Ākhyāna (narrative episode) rather than cosmogenesis; it is an embedded dialogue illustrating dharma and devotion through divine interaction.
Śiva’s ‘unease’ and mention of desire-torment signals a narrative tension requiring pacification through bhakti; it also sets up the legitimacy of liṅga-related worship as something even the Devas invoke.