Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 4
राहोः शिरच्छेदन-कारणकथनम् / The Account of Rāhu’s Beheading
Cause and Background
दत्त्वाशीर्वचनं तेभ्यो भार्गवस्तेजसां निधिः । निषसादासने रम्ये संतस्थुस्तेऽपि पूर्ववत्
dattvāśīrvacanaṃ tebhyo bhārgavastejasāṃ nidhiḥ | niṣasādāsane ramye saṃtasthuste'pi pūrvavat
اُنہیں دعائے خیر کے کلمات عطا کرکے، انوار کا خزانہ بھارگو (شُکرآچاریہ) خوشنما نشست پر بیٹھ گیا؛ اور وہ سب بھی پہلے کی طرح وہیں کھڑے رہے۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
FAQs
It highlights the Shaiva ideal of śakti as tejas: a realized sage blesses others, then resumes a composed posture—showing that spiritual authority expresses itself through benediction, restraint, and steadiness of mind.
Though the verse is a narrative transition, it reflects the Linga-worship ethos of disciplined reverence: blessings, proper seating, and orderly conduct in sacred gatherings are part of honoring Saguna Shiva through dharmic decorum.
The implied takeaway is to begin worship or recitation with āśīrvāda (invocation/blessing) and then sit steadily in a clean, pleasing āsana for japa or contemplation—ideally with the Panchākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” in a calm, focused mind.