Rudra-Shiva concept (Study)
by Maumita Bhattacharjee | 2018 | 54,352 words
This page relates ‘Shiva as Ghushmeshvara’ of the study on the Rudra-Shiva concept in the Vedic and Puranic literature, starting with the concept of God as contemplated by the Rishis (Vedic sages). These pages further deal with the aspects, legends, iconography and eulology of Rudra-Shiva as found in the Samhitas, Brahamanas, Aranyakas, Upanishads Sutras and Puranas. The final chapters deal with descriptions of his greatness, various incarnations and epithets.
2.33. Śiva as Ghuśmeśvara
Ghuśmā was an ardent devotee of Śiva. She performed penance in order to get Śiva’s grace to bring back her son to life. Śiva felt extremely pleased by her devotion and desired to give her a boon. Then Ghuśmā told Śiva that if he is desirous of giving her a boon, it should be that Śiva will be lodged here in her name for the protection of the world. Śiva gave the boon and from that day, he was popular by the name Ghuśmeśvara.[1]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Śiva-purāṇa, 4.33.31-44