Shloka 28
दक्षयज्ञे मुनिदेवसमागमः / The Gathering of Sages and Gods at Dakṣa’s Sacrifice
येनैव सर्वाण्यपि मंगलानि भवंति शंसन्ति महाविपश्चितः । सोऽसौ न दृष्टोऽत्र पुमान् पुराणो वृषध्वजो नीलगलः परेशः
yenaiva sarvāṇyapi maṃgalāni bhavaṃti śaṃsanti mahāvipaścitaḥ | so'sau na dṛṣṭo'tra pumān purāṇo vṛṣadhvajo nīlagalaḥ pareśaḥ
He by whom alone all auspiciousness comes to be—whom the great seers continually praise—He, that Primeval Person, the Lord with the bull as His banner, the blue-throated Supreme Ruler, is not seen here at all.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Nīlakaṇṭha
Sthala Purana: The verse frames Śiva as the sole source of maṅgala; His absence from Dakṣa’s rite signals withdrawal of grace (anugraha withheld), foreshadowing the rite’s collapse.
Significance: Encourages devotees to seek Śiva-darśana as the root of auspiciousness; ‘maṅgala’ is not social prestige but alignment with Īśvara.
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: nurturing
Offering: pushpa
Cosmic Event: Samudra-manthana allusion implicit via ‘Nīlakaṇṭha’ (poison-bearing)
FAQs
It declares Shiva as the sole source of all maṅgala (auspiciousness) and the Primeval Pati praised by realized sages, yet not grasped by ordinary sight—implying that His presence is known through devotion, grace, and inner realization rather than mere external perception.
By naming Him Vṛṣadhvaja and Nīlagala, the verse affirms Saguna Shiva—known through divine attributes and forms—while also indicating His transcendence beyond visibility; the Liṅga functions as the accessible, worship-worthy sign through which the unseen Supreme is approached.
A practical takeaway is steady Shiva-bhakti through japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and Liṅga-pūjā, cultivating inner purity so that the Lord praised by sages becomes experientially ‘seen’ as grace within.