Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 32
स्वप्नवर्णनपूर्वकं संक्षेपशिवचरितवर्णनम् / Dream-Portents and a Concise Account of Śiva’s Career
विद्धोऽऽपि मार्गणैश्शम्भुर्विकृतिं नाप स प्रभुः । प्रेषितेन सुरैस्स्वात्ममोहनार्थं स्मरेण वै
viddho''pi mārgaṇaiśśambhurvikṛtiṃ nāpa sa prabhuḥ | preṣitena suraissvātmamohanārthaṃ smareṇa vai
Dẫu bị mũi tên bắn trúng, Śambhu—Đấng Chúa Tối Thượng—vẫn không hề biến đổi. Bởi Kāma được chư thiên sai đến chỉ để mê hoặc chính Tự Ngã của Ngài; nhưng Śiva vẫn hoàn toàn bất động, không lay chuyển.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya in the Pārvatīkhaṇḍa context)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Sthala Purana: This is the prelude to the Kāma episode: devas send Smara to ‘delude’ Śiva, but Śambhu remains unchanged—highlighting the Lord’s transcendence over kāma and māyā, and setting up the later burning of Kāma.
Significance: Devotees read this as assurance that Śiva is untouched by passions; contemplating it supports dispassion and steadiness in sādhanā.
FAQs
It teaches that Śiva, the Pati (Supreme Lord), is untouched by kāma and vikāra (inner disturbance); desire can bind the pashu (individual soul), but the Lord’s yogic consciousness remains eternally free and steady.
In Linga/Saguna worship, devotees contemplate Śiva as the unchanging reality within all change—offering passions and restlessness into the Linga as a symbol of surrender, seeking the Lord’s steadiness to dissolve inner delusion.
Practice japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with breath-aware meditation and vairāgya (dispassion), mentally offering rising desire into Śiva; on Mahāśivarātri, intensify night-long japa and dhyāna for mastery over the senses.