Shloka 1

Mahādeva’s Boon: Unwavering Bhakti, Tri-functional Cosmos, and the Supratiṣṭhā of Liṅga-Arcā

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच अथोवाच महादेवः प्रीतो ऽहं सुरसत्तमौ पश्यतां मां महादेवं भयं सर्वं विमुच्यताम्

Transliteration

sūta uvāca athovāca mahādevaḥ prīto 'haṃ surasattamau paśyatāṃ māṃ mahādevaṃ bhayaṃ sarvaṃ vimucyatām

Translation

সূত বললেন—তখন প্রসন্ন মহাদেব বললেন—“হে দেবশ্রেষ্ঠদ্বয়, আমি তুষ্ট। আমাকে—মহাদেবকে—দর্শন কর; আর সমস্ত ভয় সম্পূর্ণরূপে ত্যাগ কর।”

Word by Word

• सूत उवाच: Sūta said

• अथ: then

• उवाच: spoke

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (Śiva, the Supreme Lord)

• प्रीतः अहम्: I am pleased/gracious

• सुरसत्तमौ: O two best among the devas (vocative dual)

• पश्यताम्: behold/see (imperative)

• माम्: Me

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva

• भयम् सर्वम्: all fear

• विमुच्यताम्: let it be released/abandoned completely

Speaker

Suta (narrator), quoting Mahadeva (Shiva)