Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 4
नारदतपोवर्णनम्
Nārada’s Austerities Described
तां दृष्ट्वा मुनिशार्दूलस्तेपे स सुचिरं तपः । बध्वासनं दृढं मौनी प्राणानायम्य शुद्धधीः
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā muniśārdūlastepe sa suciraṃ tapaḥ | badhvāsanaṃ dṛḍhaṃ maunī prāṇānāyamya śuddhadhīḥ
Nang makita siya, ang pantas—tigre sa hanay ng mga muni—ay nagsagawa ng tapas sa mahabang panahon. Itinatag niya ang matatag na āsana, nag-ingat ng mauna (banal na katahimikan), at inayos ang hininga sa pamamagitan ng prāṇāyāma; taglay ang dalisay na pag-unawa, matibay siyang nakatuon sa pagsasakatuparan kay Śiva.
Sūta Gosvāmī (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya within the Sṛṣṭi narrative)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
FAQs
It presents tapas-yoga as inner purification: firm posture, silence, and prāṇāyāma steady the mind and cleanse the intellect, making the seeker fit to turn toward Pati (Śiva) and transcend bondage (pāśa).
Even when the narrative begins from seeing a form (saguṇa), the response is disciplined sādhanā—stilling speech and breath—so devotion matures into inward contemplation, the basis for Linga-dhyāna and one-pointed Śiva-bhakti.
A yogic regimen: sit in a steady āsana, observe mauna, and practice prāṇāyāma; this can be paired with japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) as a Shaiva meditative discipline.