Shloka 29
देवस्तुतिः (Deva-stuti) — “Hymn of the Devas / Divine Praise”
त्वं श्रद्धा त्वं धृतिस्त्वं श्रीस्त्वमेव सर्वगोचरा । त्वन्दीधितिस्सूर्य्यगता स्वप्रपञ्चप्रकाशिनी
tvaṃ śraddhā tvaṃ dhṛtistvaṃ śrīstvameva sarvagocarā | tvandīdhitissūryyagatā svaprapañcaprakāśinī
Du bist der Glaube (śraddhā); du bist die Standhaftigkeit (dhṛti); du bist Śrī, die glückverheißende Fülle. Wahrlich, du allein bist allen zugänglich. Du bist der Glanz der Sonne, das Licht, das dein eigenes manifestes Universum erhellt.
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Mantra: त्वं श्रद्धा त्वं धृतिस्त्वं श्रीस्त्वमेव सर्वगोचरा । त्वन्दीधितिस्सूर्य्यगता स्वप्रपञ्चप्रकाशिनी
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: teaching
Cosmic Event: Immanent Śakti described as the very radiance (dīdhiti) that illumines the manifested cosmos (svaprapañca).
FAQs
It identifies the Goddess (Śakti) as the inner powers that make spiritual life possible—faith (śraddhā), steadfastness (dhṛti), and auspicious grace (śrī)—and as the illuminating consciousness by which the world is known, aligning with Shaiva Siddhanta where Pati (Shiva) and His Śakti bestow grace leading to liberation.
Linga worship honors Shiva as the supreme reality, while this verse highlights that Shiva’s worship is fulfilled through Śakti—His manifest power—who becomes ‘accessible to all’ as devotion, auspiciousness, and illuminating presence, making Saguna worship effective and grace-bearing.
Practice steady japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with śraddhā and dhṛti, and meditate on divine light (prakāśa) in the heart like the sun’s radiance, offering mental worship to Shiva-Śakti as the revealer of one’s inner and outer world.