Shloka 13
मङ्गलपत्रिकाग्रहणम् — Reception of the Auspicious Marriage Invitation
शिव उवाच । प्रीत्या शृणु मुनिश्रेष्ठ ह्यस्मत्तोऽद्य वदामि ते । ब्रुवे तत्त्वां प्रियो मे यद्भक्तराजशिरोमणिः
śiva uvāca | prītyā śṛṇu muniśreṣṭha hyasmatto'dya vadāmi te | bruve tattvāṃ priyo me yadbhaktarājaśiromaṇiḥ
Śiva sprach: „Höre mit Liebe, o Bester der Weisen. Heute werde ich dir unmittelbar sprechen. Ich werde die Wahrheit verkünden, denn du bist mir lieb—ja, ein Kronjuwel unter den Königen der Bhaktas.“
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: teaching
FAQs
The verse establishes the Shaiva principle that Śiva reveals tattva (saving truth) through grace to a qualified listener—one whose heart is softened by loving devotion (prīti) and steadfast bhakti.
By addressing the devotee as supremely dear, Śiva affirms Saguna worship as a valid and powerful means: loving attention to Śiva’s form, names, and līlā prepares the seeker to receive deeper truth (tattva) that the Linga ultimately signifies.
The practical cue is śravaṇa (devotional listening) with prīti—hearing Shiva-kathā or reciting the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with focused love; such attentive listening is treated as a direct sādhanā for receiving Śiva’s grace.