Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 16
गोत्र-प्रवर-प्रश्नः तथा तिथ्यादि-कीर्तनं
Gotra–Pravara Inquiry and Proclamation of Auspicious Time
अस्य गोत्रं कुलं नाम नैव जानन्ति पर्वत । विष्णुब्रह्मादयोऽपीह परेषां का कथा स्मृता
asya gotraṃ kulaṃ nāma naiva jānanti parvata | viṣṇubrahmādayo'pīha pareṣāṃ kā kathā smṛtā
噢雪山（喜马拉雅），无人真正知晓祂的族系、家族，甚至连祂的名号也不知。即便毗湿奴、梵天等诸神在此亦不知晓——更何况他人？
Parvatī (in dialogue addressing Himālaya, within the Rudra Saṃhitā narrative)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: teaching
FAQs
It emphasizes Shiva-tattva as beginningless and incomparable: the Supreme Pati is not confined to worldly identifiers like family, clan, or social origin, pointing seekers toward devotion to the transcendent Lord rather than external categories.
The Liṅga signifies the formless, limitless reality of Shiva beyond name and genealogy; yet devotees approach that same reality through saguna worship—mantra, pūjā, and bhakti—without reducing Him to human-like identity markers.
A practical takeaway is to meditate on Shiva as beyond attributes while repeating the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and offering simple Liṅga-pūjā with bhakti, cultivating inner surrender rather than fixation on external labels.