Shloka 7
त्वं वै दीनदयालुश्च सर्वत्र व्यापकस्सदा । आविर्भवसि सद्भक्त्या निर्विकारस्सतां गतिः
tvaṃ vai dīnadayāluśca sarvatra vyāpakassadā | āvirbhavasi sadbhaktyā nirvikārassatāṃ gatiḥ
You are truly compassionate to the distressed and ever all-pervading everywhere. By sincere devotion You manifest in a gracious, knowable form; though changeless, You are the supreme refuge and final goal of the righteous.
A devotee/Deva addressing Lord Shiva in the Yuddhakhaṇḍa narrative (as preserved in Sūta’s narration to the sages).
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga episode; it articulates two Siddhāntic poles: Śiva’s vyāpti (all-pervasion) and His āvirbhāva (manifestation) in response to sat-bhakti.
Significance: Assures devotees that the all-pervading Lord becomes personally present (āvirbhāva) through sincere devotion—central to temple-darśana theology.
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: nurturing
Offering: dipa
FAQs
It teaches that Shiva is simultaneously nirvikāra (unchanging, transcendent Pati) and yet compassionately accessible: sincere bhakti becomes the means by which the devotee experiences His presence and attains the highest gati—liberation and refuge.
Though Shiva is all-pervading and beyond change, He is approached through a manifest support (saguṇa upāsanā) such as the Śiva-liṅga; true devotion makes the formless Lord graciously ‘appear’ to the heart and in worship.
Cultivate sat-bhakti through daily liṅga-pūjā with mantra-japa—especially the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—and steady remembrance, as devotion is presented as the direct doorway to Shiva’s experienced presence.