Shloka 87
Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ
Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony
तथेति भगवानाह तस्य तद् वचन प्रभु: । स्वायम्भुव: क्रतुश्चापि पुत्रार्थम भवत् पुरा
tatheti bhagavān āha tasya tad vacana-prabhuḥ | svāyambhuvaḥ kratuś cāpi putrārtham abhavat purā ||
তাৰ কথা শুনি শক্তিমান প্ৰভু ভগৱানে “তথাস্তु” বুলি কৈ অনুগ্ৰহ কৰিলে। এইদৰে প্ৰাচীনকালত স্বয়ম্ভূৰ পুত্ৰ ক্রতুৱেও পুত্ৰলাভৰ বাবে যোগসাধনা কৰি তিনিশ বছৰ ধৰি ভগৱান শিৱৰ ধ্যানত মন স্থিৰ কৰি ৰাখিছিল।
वासुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores that sustained discipline (yoga/tapas) and focused devotion can bear fruit, and that divine assent (“tathāstu”) is portrayed as responding to sincere, long-term spiritual effort—here directed toward a legitimate life-goal (progeny).
Vāsudeva recounts a precedent: just as a request was granted with the words “so be it,” Kratu, son of Svāyambhū, practiced concentrated yoga for three hundred years meditating on Śiva, and Śaṅkara rewarded him by granting a thousand sons.