Shloka 85
Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ
Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony
त॑ प्राह भगवांस्तुष्ट: कि करोमीति शंकर:
taṁ prāha bhagavāṁs tuṣṭaḥ kiṁ karomīti śaṅkaraḥ | tasya saṁtuṣṭo bhagavān śaṅkaro ’bravīt—“brūhi, kiṁ te manorathaṁ pūrayāmi?” tataḥ śatamukha uvāca—“suraśreṣṭha, me ’dbhuta-yogaśaktiḥ prāpyatām; sārdhaṁ ca māṁ sadā sthāyinaṁ balaṁ pradātuṁ arhasi.”
Complacido con él, el bienaventurado Śaṅkara preguntó: «¿Qué he de hacer por ti? Dime: ¿qué deseo tuyo he de cumplir?» Entonces Śatamukha respondió: «¡Oh el mejor de los dioses!, concédeme un prodigioso poder yóguico; y otórgame también una fuerza perdurable, que jamás desfallezca».
वासुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Divine favor is portrayed as responding to satisfaction (tuṣṭi) and expressed intention: the recipient asks not for transient pleasure but for capacities—yogic power and enduring strength—highlighting the ethical idea that boons shape one’s future conduct and responsibility.
Śiva (Śaṅkara), pleased, offers to fulfill a wish. Śatamukha requests extraordinary yogic power and unfailing, lasting strength, framing the episode as a boon-granting exchange between deity and petitioner.