Shloka 26

क्षुपस्य विष्णुदर्शनं, वैष्णवस्तोत्रं, दधीचविवादः, स्थानेश्वरतीर्थमाहात्म्यं

Devanagari script

शैलादिरुवाच ज्ञात्वा सो ऽपि दधीचस्य ह्य् अवध्यत्वं महात्मनः सस्मार च महेशस्य प्रभावमतुलं हरिः

Transliteration

śailādiruvāca jñātvā so 'pi dadhīcasya hy avadhyatvaṃ mahātmanaḥ sasmāra ca maheśasya prabhāvamatulaṃ hariḥ

Translation

Śailādi said: Having understood the inviolability of the great-souled Dadhīci, Hari (Viṣṇu) too recalled the incomparable majesty of Maheśa—Pati, the Lord beyond all bonds—by whose power alone the fettered paśu can transcend every seeming “invincibility.”

Word by Word

• शैलादिः उवाच: Śailādi said

• ज्ञात्वा: having known/understood

• सः अपि: he also

• दधीचस्य: of Dadhīci

• हि: indeed

• अवध्यत्वम्: the state of being unassailable/not to be slain

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one

• सस्मार: remembered/called to mind

• च: and

• महेशस्य: of Maheśa (Śiva)

• प्रभावम्: power, majesty, sovereign efficacy

• अतुलम्: incomparable

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)

Speaker

Śailādi

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vishnu
• Dadhichi
• Mahesha
• Hari

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It establishes that even when worldly powers appear ‘unassailable,’ liberation and true sovereignty rest in remembering Maheśa’s incomparable prabhāva—an inner act aligned with Linga-upāsanā, where the devotee turns from pasha-bound limits to Pati, the Supreme.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Shiva is implied as the unmatched source of prabhāva (sovereign efficacy), the Pati whose power surpasses all conditioned states; this frames Shiva-tattva as transcendent and uniquely capable of overriding the apparent absolutes of the manifested world.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Smaraṇa (remembrance) of Mahādeva is highlighted—an essential bhāva in Pāśupata-oriented sādhanā, where constant recollection of Pati weakens pasha (bondage) and steadies the pashu (soul) toward Shiva-centered realization.