Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 4
शिवागमन-नाद-समागमः (Śiva’s Advent, the Drum-Sound, and the Cosmic Assembly)
रुद्रो हृदयजो मे हि पूर्णांशो ब्रह्मनिष्फलः । हरि ब्रह्मादिभिस्सेव्यो मदभिन्नो निरंजन
rudro hṛdayajo me hi pūrṇāṃśo brahmaniṣphalaḥ | hari brahmādibhissevyo madabhinno niraṃjana
“Quả thật, Rudra sinh từ trái tim Ta—phần viên mãn trọn vẹn của Ta, vượt ngoài cõi quả báo của công việc sáng tạo của Brahmā. Ngài được Hari, Brahmā cùng chư thiên phụng thờ; Ngài chẳng khác Ta, là Đấng thanh tịnh, không nhiễm ô.”
Brahmā
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Rudra
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga narrative; it is a supremacy statement: Rudra is ‘heart-born’, worshipped by Viṣṇu and Brahmā, and non-different from the supreme.
Significance: Establishes Rudra’s paratva (supremacy) and nirañjanatva (stainless transcendence), grounding devotion and right-view (samyagdarśana) in Śaiva Siddhānta.
Type: stotra
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It establishes Rudra (Śiva) as the stainless Pati—non-different from the Supreme and transcending the karmic, fruit-bearing sphere of manifested creation—hence the ultimate refuge for liberation.
Though Rudra is described as nirañjana (untainted, beyond limitation), he is also ‘sevya’—fit to be worshipped—supporting Shaiva practice where the transcendent Lord is approached through saguna forms such as the Śiva-liṅga for devotion and grace.
Takeaway: worship Rudra with bhakti and japa—especially the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”)—contemplating him as non-different from the Supreme and untouched by impurity, while offering standard Śaiva upacāras to the liṅga.