Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 13
हिरण्यनेत्रस्य तपः — Hiraṇyanetra’s Austerity and the Boon
ब्रह्मोवाच । दैत्येन्द्र सर्वं भविता तदेतद्विनाशहेतुं च गृहाण किंचित् । यस्मान्न जातो न जनिष्यते वा यो न प्रविष्टो मुखमंतकस्य
brahmovāca | daityendra sarvaṃ bhavitā tadetadvināśahetuṃ ca gṛhāṇa kiṃcit | yasmānna jāto na janiṣyate vā yo na praviṣṭo mukhamaṃtakasya
梵天说道：“噢，达那婆之主，一切确将如所言而成就。然而也当知一因致毁：那位既未生、亦不将生，从未入于安多迦（死神）之口的超越主宰——死亡不能及之；与祂为敌，毁灭便由此而起。”
Brahma
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: teaching
FAQs
It points to Shiva as the unborn and death-transcending Supreme (Pati). In Shaiva Siddhanta terms, the soul bound by pāśa fears death, but the Lord is beyond it; turning against Him becomes the seed of one’s downfall.
Though Shiva is described here in transcendent terms (unborn, beyond Death), devotees approach that same reality through Saguna forms—especially the Śiva-liṅga—where the formless Lord is worshipped with form for grace and protection.
Contemplate Shiva as the conqueror of death (Mṛtyuñjaya) and take refuge in japa—especially the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—with devotion; this aligns the mind away from fear and toward the Lord’s protecting grace.