Shloka 37
प्रयागे महत्समाजः — शिवदर्शनं दक्षागमनं च
The Great Assembly at Prayāga: Śiva’s Appearance and Dakṣa’s Arrival
यश्शिवं सुरसामान्यमुद्दिश्य परमेश्वरम् । द्रुह्यत्यजो दुष्टमतिस्तत्त्वतो विमुखो भवेत्
yaśśivaṃ surasāmānyamuddiśya parameśvaram | druhyatyajo duṣṭamatistattvato vimukho bhavet
Whoever, though speaking of the Supreme Lord Parameśvara Śiva, deems Him merely an ordinary deity among the gods and then bears malice toward Him—such a one, though unborn in essence as the Ātman, becomes of wicked understanding and turns away from the truth of reality.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that treating Śiva—Pati and Parameśvara—as merely one god among many is a spiritual error that produces hostility, wrong understanding, and a turning away from tattva (true reality), obstructing liberation.
Linga and saguna-upāsanā are meant to be performed with the conviction that Śiva is the Supreme Lord; if one worships while mentally reducing Him to an ordinary deva, the inner attitude becomes contrary to Śiva-tattva and devotion loses its purifying power.
The implied practice is to avoid Śiva-aparādha and cultivate right bhāva: daily japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with reverence for Śiva as Parameśvara, and worship (pūjā/abhiṣeka) done without contempt or rivalry toward Śiva.