Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 7
देवस्तुतिः — Hymn of Praise by the Devas
Devastuti
त्वं वै दीनदयालुश्च सर्वत्र व्यापकस्सदा । आविर्भवसि सद्भक्त्या निर्विकारस्सतां गतिः
tvaṃ vai dīnadayāluśca sarvatra vyāpakassadā | āvirbhavasi sadbhaktyā nirvikārassatāṃ gatiḥ
أنت حقًّا رحيمٌ بالمكروبين، وحاضرٌ في كل مكان على الدوام. وبالعبادة المخلصة تتجلّى في صورةٍ رحيمةٍ يمكن معرفتها؛ ومع أنك غير متغيّر فأنت الملجأ الأعلى والغاية الأخيرة للصالحين.
A devotee/Deva addressing Lord Shiva in the Yuddhakhaṇḍa narrative (as preserved in Sūta’s narration to the sages).
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga episode; it articulates two Siddhāntic poles: Śiva’s vyāpti (all-pervasion) and His āvirbhāva (manifestation) in response to sat-bhakti.
Significance: Assures devotees that the all-pervading Lord becomes personally present (āvirbhāva) through sincere devotion—central to temple-darśana theology.
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: nurturing
Offering: dipa
FAQs
It teaches that Shiva is simultaneously nirvikāra (unchanging, transcendent Pati) and yet compassionately accessible: sincere bhakti becomes the means by which the devotee experiences His presence and attains the highest gati—liberation and refuge.
Though Shiva is all-pervading and beyond change, He is approached through a manifest support (saguṇa upāsanā) such as the Śiva-liṅga; true devotion makes the formless Lord graciously ‘appear’ to the heart and in worship.
Cultivate sat-bhakti through daily liṅga-pūjā with mantra-japa—especially the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—and steady remembrance, as devotion is presented as the direct doorway to Shiva’s experienced presence.