Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 106
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
एवं दग्ध्वा स्मरं रुद्रः संयम्य स्वतनुं विभुः पुष्यार्था शिशिराद्रिं स जगाम तपसे ऽव्ययः
evaṃ dagdhvā smaraṃ rudraḥ saṃyamya svatanuṃ vibhuḥ puṣyārthā śiśirādriṃ sa jagāma tapase 'vyayaḥ
如是焚尽思摩罗（迦摩）之后，鲁陀罗——大能者——收摄自体；为求“补施底”(puṣṭi)之吉祥增长，前往尸尸罗阿德里（Śiśirādri）修行苦行，彼为不坏者。
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FAQs
After destroying disruptive desire (Kāma), Rudra models saṃyama and tapas: the restoration of order is not merely punitive but followed by disciplined inwardness aimed at puṣṭi—sustaining auspicious well-being.
Primarily charita (deity-act narrative) with a didactic function; it also gestures to dharma through exemplifying tapas as a cosmic stabilizer, a common Purāṇic narrative use within sarga-related mythic cycles.
Śiśirādri (‘cool mountain’) symbolically contrasts the ‘heat’ of passion and the ‘fire’ of Rudra’s wrath: post-burning, the movement to a ‘cool’ locus suggests sublimation of energy into spiritual practice.