Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 37
गजासुरतपः–देवलोकक्षोभः
Gajāsura’s Austerities and the Disturbance of the Worlds
यस्य मौलिजसंघर्षाद्घना व्योम त्यजंत्यपि । नीलिमानं न चाद्यापि जह्युस्तत्केशसंगजम्
yasya maulijasaṃgharṣādghanā vyoma tyajaṃtyapi | nīlimānaṃ na cādyāpi jahyustatkeśasaṃgajam
جس کے تاج اور بالوں کی رگڑ سے بادل بھی آسمان چھوڑ دیتے ہیں؛ مگر اس کے بالوں کے لمس سے پیدا ہوئی وہ نیلاہٹ آج تک نہیں چھوڑتے۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Significance: Mythic cosmography used to magnify the figure’s presence; for Siddhānta pedagogy, such grandeur still points beyond itself to the true Vibhu—Śiva—whose transcendence is not merely physical magnitude.
FAQs
It poetically declares Shiva’s transcendence and immanence: even nature’s vastness (sky and clouds) is portrayed as marked by His presence, guiding the devotee to steady Shiva-smaraṇa (remembrance) as a means toward liberation.
Like the Liṅga, which is a visible support for contemplating the formless Pati (Shiva), this verse uses a visible cosmic sign (the blue hue) to anchor devotion to Saguna Shiva, leading the mind toward the Nirguna reality beyond all forms.
Practice Shiva-dhyāna while chanting the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), using the vast blue sky as a contemplative aid (ālambana) to stabilize awareness in Shiva-smaraṇa.