Shloka 28
Anasūyā–Atri Tapas-Varṇana
Description of Anasūyā and Atri’s Austerities
देवाश्च ऋषयश्चैव गंगाद्यास्सरितस्तथा । दर्शनार्थं तयोः सर्वाः परे प्रीत्या समाययुः
devāśca ṛṣayaścaiva gaṃgādyāssaritastathā | darśanārthaṃ tayoḥ sarvāḥ pare prītyā samāyayuḥ
The devas and the sages, and likewise the rivers beginning with the Gaṅgā—all of them, filled with supreme joy, came together for the sake of beholding those two (divine ones).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Significance: Darśana of Śiva-bhaktas and Śiva-tapas is implied as itself grace-bestowing; the verse models tīrtha-like sanctification through proximity to realized devotion.
FAQs
It highlights the Shaiva principle that true auspiciousness arises from darśana of the Divine—so powerful that even devas, sages, and sacred tīrtha-forms like Gaṅgā are drawn together by pure prīti (devotional joy).
In the Kotirudra context of Jyotirliṅga glory, the verse supports Saguna worship: the Divine becomes approachable for darśana, and the entire cosmos—devas, ṛṣis, and rivers—participates in honoring that manifest presence.
Seek darśana with prīti: perform tīrtha-snana (especially in Gaṅgā), then offer simple Liṅga-pūjā with mantra-japa (e.g., the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) as an inner and outer act of reverent approach.