Shloka 65
उपमन्युकुमारस्य क्षीरार्थ-प्रार्थना तथा शिवप्रसाद-निबन्धनम् | Upamanyu’s Longing for Milk and the Doctrine of Shiva’s Grace
उपमन्युरुवाच । प्रसीद देवदेवेश प्रसीद परमेश्वर । स्वभक्तिन्देहि परमां दिव्यामव्यभिचारिणीम्
upamanyuruvāca | prasīda devadeveśa prasīda parameśvara | svabhaktindehi paramāṃ divyāmavyabhicāriṇīm
Upamanyu said: “Be gracious, O Lord of the gods; be gracious, O Supreme Lord. Grant me Your own devotion—supreme, divine, and unwavering, never straying from You.”
Upamanyu
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Significance: The verse frames the core Siddhāntic goal: receiving Śiva’s anugraha as unwavering bhakti (exclusive devotion), which is itself a means toward liberation (mokṣa) by loosening pāśa (bondage).
Mantra: प्रसीद देवदेवेश प्रसीद परमेश्वर । स्वभक्तिन्देहि परमां दिव्यामव्यभिचारिणीम्
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
FAQs
The verse defines the highest ask in Shaiva devotion: not worldly boons, but Shiva’s grace that establishes supreme, divine, unwavering bhakti—seen as a direct means to purification and moksha under the Lord’s lordship (Pati).
By addressing Shiva as Devadeveśa and Parameśvara, the devotee approaches Saguna Shiva as the accessible Supreme; such prayer naturally culminates in steady Linga-worship where devotion becomes exclusive (avyabhicāriṇī) and continuous.
A practical takeaway is daily Shiva-upāsanā with single-pointed bhakti—regular japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and prayer for steadiness of devotion, rather than for changing external results.