Matsya Purana — The Strategy to Defeat Tāraka: Pārvatī’s Birth, Shloka 178
न जातो ऽस्याः पतिर्देव्या यन्मयोक्तं हिमाचल न स जातो महादेवो भूतभव्यभवोद्भवः शरण्यः शाश्वतः शास्ता शंकरः परमेश्वरः //
na jāto 'syāḥ patirdevyā yanmayoktaṃ himācala na sa jāto mahādevo bhūtabhavyabhavodbhavaḥ śaraṇyaḥ śāśvataḥ śāstā śaṃkaraḥ parameśvaraḥ //
Ô Himācala, voici ce que j’ai dit : pour cette Déesse, nul époux n’a jamais été engendré. Mahādeva n’est pas né : de Lui procèdent le passé, le futur et le présent ; Refuge de tous, Souverain et Ordonnateur éternel, Śaṅkara, le Seigneur suprême.
FAQs
It presents Mahādeva as the ultimate source from whom time—past, present, and future—arises, implying supremacy beyond cyclical creation and dissolution.
By calling Śiva the eternal Śāstā (ordainer), the verse frames dharma as rooted in a transcendent authority—encouraging rulers and householders to align conduct with the highest moral order and seek refuge (śaraṇa) in the divine.
While no Vāstu rule is stated directly, the verse functions as a stuti used in ritual contexts—supporting Shaiva worship where temples and consecrations invoke Śaṅkara as Parameśvara, the eternal presiding deity.