Shloka 32
देवस्तुतिः — Hymn of Praise by the Devas
Devastuti
सनत्कुमार उवाच । इति स्तुत्वा च ते देवा ब्रह्माद्यास्समुनीश्वराः । तूष्णीं बभूवुर्हि तदा शिवांघ्रिद्वन्द्वचेतसः
sanatkumāra uvāca | iti stutvā ca te devā brahmādyāssamunīśvarāḥ | tūṣṇīṃ babhūvurhi tadā śivāṃghridvandvacetasaḥ
Sanatkumāra said: Thus having praised Śiva, those gods—led by Brahmā, the lords among sages—then became silent, their minds absorbed in the pair of Śiva’s feet.
Sanatkumara
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Significance: Models the pilgrim’s ideal culmination: after stuti, enter tūṣṇīṃ-bhāva (sacred silence) with mind fixed on Śiva’s feet—an inner tīrtha of absorption.
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
FAQs
It shows the mature arc of devotion: after stuti (praise), the devas and rishis enter sacred silence, fixing the mind on Śiva’s feet—symbolizing surrender to Pati (Śiva) as the final refuge and the doorway to grace and liberation.
Praise culminates in one-pointed absorption (dhyāna). In Linga or saguna worship, the devotee first offers hymns and then rests the mind in stillness, contemplating Śiva’s presence—here represented by the ‘pair of Śiva’s feet’ as the accessible focus for devotion.
After chanting stotras or the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), sit in mauna (silence) and practice dhyāna—mentally placing awareness at Śiva’s feet as an act of śaraṇāgati (surrender).