Shloka 8
Manvantarāṇukīrtana
Enumeration of the Manvantaras and Manus
ऋषींस्तेषां प्रवक्ष्यामि पुत्त्रान्देवगणांस्तथा । शृणु शौनक सुप्रीत्या क्रमशस्तान्यशस्विनः
ṛṣīṃsteṣāṃ pravakṣyāmi puttrāndevagaṇāṃstathā | śṛṇu śaunaka suprītyā kramaśastānyaśasvinaḥ
I shall now recount their sages, their sons, and also their divine hosts. Listen with glad devotion, O Śaunaka, as I narrate, in due order, those illustrious ones.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
FAQs
The verse highlights śravaṇa (reverent listening) done with suprīti—joyful devotion—as a Shaiva discipline: receiving sacred lineage and divine histories in proper order purifies understanding and supports devotion to Pati (Śiva).
Though not naming the Liṅga directly, it frames Purāṇic hearing as a pathway to Saguna Śiva-bhakti: learning about Śiva’s divine associates, sages, and sacred lineages strengthens faith and steadies ritual worship and contemplation.
The implied practice is disciplined śravaṇa and smaraṇa—listening attentively and then recollecting in order; traditionally this is paired with simple Shaiva observance such as repeating the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) before and after study.