Shloka 12
पार्वतीवाक्यं—शिवस्य परब्रह्मत्व-निरूपणम्
Pārvatī’s Discourse: Establishing Śiva as Parabrahman
तस्यैव पक्षपातेन विष्णुर्विष्णुत्वमाप्नुयात् । ब्रह्मत्वं च यथा ब्रह्मा देवा देवत्वमेव च
tasyaiva pakṣapātena viṣṇurviṣṇutvamāpnuyāt | brahmatvaṃ ca yathā brahmā devā devatvameva ca
By His grace alone, Viṣṇu attains his state of Viṣṇu-hood; likewise Brahmā attains Brahmā-hood, and the gods attain their very godhood.
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating Śaiva doctrine as taught in the Rudra Saṃhitā context)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: Not a site-specific verse; it asserts Śiva’s supremacy as the source of offices/powers of Viṣṇu, Brahmā, and the devas through grace (anugraha).
Significance: Frames all pilgrimage fruits as ultimately dependent on Śiva’s favor; reinforces Śiva as the giver of adhikāra (cosmic authority).
Role: teaching
FAQs
It establishes Śiva as Pati—the ultimate source of authority and power—through whose grace even the highest deities obtain their respective cosmic offices, pointing the seeker toward reliance on Śiva’s anugraha (liberating grace).
The Liṅga and Saguna Śiva are worshipped as the manifest focus of the Supreme whose grace empowers all divine functions; devotion to Śiva is thus presented as devotion to the very ground of godhood itself.
Cultivate Śiva-bhakti as the means to grace—daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with Liṅga-pūjā and Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) remembrance, offered in humility as a prayer for Śiva’s anugraha.