Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 1
शब्दब्रह्मतनुवर्णनम् — Description of the Form of Śabda-Brahman
ब्रह्मोवाच । एवं तयोर्मुनिश्रेष्ठ दर्शनं कांक्षमाणयोः । विगर्वयोश्च सुरयोः सदा नौ स्थितयोर्मुने
brahmovāca | evaṃ tayormuniśreṣṭha darśanaṃ kāṃkṣamāṇayoḥ | vigarvayośca surayoḥ sadā nau sthitayormune
Brahmā nói: “Như vậy, ôi bậc hiền triết tối thượng, khi hai vị thần ấy—đang phồng lên vì kiêu mạn—khát khao được chiêm kiến (Đấng Tối Thượng), và khi chúng ta vẫn ở đó, luôn hiện diện, ôi hiền giả,”
Brahma
Tattva Level: pashu
Cosmic Event: threshold moment before theophany: longing for darśana while concealment still operates; narrative pivot into revelation.
FAQs
It frames a key Shaiva lesson: even exalted devas can be veiled by pride, and true clarity arises only through longing for the Supreme Lord’s darśana—Shiva as Pati, the revealer of grace.
The verse introduces the mood of seeking “darśana,” which in Shaiva practice is fulfilled through Saguna upāsanā—approaching Shiva through the Liṅga as the accessible form by which the Supreme grants vision and removes ego.
Cultivate humility and longing through japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and Liṅga-dhyāna; the implied practice is to replace deva-pride with devotion and surrender to Shiva’s grace.