Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 37
कामप्रादुर्भावः — The Manifestation/Arising of Kāma
ब्रह्मोवाच । अनेन त्वं स्वरूपेण पुष्पबाणैश्च पंचभिः । मोहयन् पुरुषान् स्त्रीश्च कुरु सृष्टिं सनातनीम्
brahmovāca | anena tvaṃ svarūpeṇa puṣpabāṇaiśca paṃcabhiḥ | mohayan puruṣān strīśca kuru sṛṣṭiṃ sanātanīm
梵天说道：“以你此身之形相，并以你五支花箭，使男女众生迷醉；由此令永恒的创造之流得以展开。”
Brahmā
Tattva Level: pasha
Role: creative
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It shows that worldly attraction (kāma) functions as an instrument within cosmic order to sustain creation, yet it is also “moha” (bewilderment) that binds souls—highlighting the Shaiva Siddhanta distinction between worldly causality and the higher aim of liberation through Shiva’s grace.
By contrasting creation driven by desire with the Shaiva path, it implicitly points devotees toward Saguna Shiva/Linga worship as a means to purify desire and transcend moha—turning the mind from binding impulses toward Shiva-bhakti and Shiva’s anugraha (grace).
A practical takeaway is to counter “moha” with Shiva-upāsanā—japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and steady meditation on Shiva as Pati (the Lord) who frees the soul from binding passions.