Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 10
कैलासमार्गे शङ्करस्य परीक्षा — Śiva Tests the Approachers on the Kailāsa Path
पुरन्दर उवाच । कस्त्वं भोः कुत आयातः किं नाम वद तत्त्वतः । स्वस्थानेसंस्थितश्शंभु किं वान्यत्र गतः प्रभुः
purandara uvāca | kastvaṃ bhoḥ kuta āyātaḥ kiṃ nāma vada tattvataḥ | svasthānesaṃsthitaśśaṃbhu kiṃ vānyatra gataḥ prabhuḥ
Wika ni Purandara (Indra): “Sino ka, ginoo? Saan ka nagmula? Ihayag mo nang tapat ang iyong pangalan. Si Śambhu, ang Panginoon, ay nananatili ba sa Kaniyang sariling tahanan, o ang Kataas-taasang Guro ay nagtungo na sa ibang dako?”
Purandara (Indra)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Bhairava
FAQs
The verse emphasizes tattva-jijñāsā—seeking the truth of identity and the Supreme Lord. Indra’s questions reflect the Shaiva Siddhanta impulse to discern Pati (Śiva) as the Prabhu who is not limited by place, even while presiding over His abode.
By asking where Śambhu is, the verse points to the devotee’s search for the Lord’s accessible presence. In Linga and Saguna worship, Śiva is approached as the manifest, gracious Prabhu—present to devotees even when His cosmic actions appear elsewhere.
The practical takeaway is truthful inquiry and remembrance of Śiva as Prabhu: mentally repeat the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) while contemplating Śambhu as ever-established in His own nature and simultaneously free to act everywhere.