Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 49
सतीचरिते पितृगृहे आशीर्वाद-वचनम् तथा यौवनारम्भः — Satī at her father’s house: blessings and the onset of youth
सर्वाध्यक्षाय महते मूलप्रकृतये नमः । पुरुषाय परेशाय नमस्ते सर्वदाय च
sarvādhyakṣāya mahate mūlaprakṛtaye namaḥ | puruṣāya pareśāya namaste sarvadāya ca
Verehrung dem Großen—dem Lenker über alles—und der Wurzel-Prakṛti. Verehrung Dir, höchster Puruṣa, erhabenster Herr, immerwährender Spender aller Gaben und Stütze.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Mantra: सर्वाध्यक्षाय महते मूलप्रकृतये नमः । पुरुषाय परेशाय नमस्ते सर्वदाय च
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: creative
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It praises Shiva as the supreme Pati—both the all-overseeing Lord (sarvādhyakṣa) and the bestower of grace (sarvadā), acknowledging His transcendence as Puruṣa and His immanence as the ground of manifested reality.
By saluting Shiva as both the supreme Conscious Principle (Puruṣa) and the power behind manifestation (mūla-prakṛti), the verse supports Linga worship as a saguna focus that leads the devotee toward the nirguna Supreme through devotion and right understanding.
Use this as a namaskāra-mantra in daily Shiva-pūjā—reciting it with the Panchākṣarī ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya"), offering water or bilva leaves to the Liṅga, and meditating on Shiva as the inner witness and giver of grace.