दक्ष उवाच । नमामि देवं वरदं वरेण्यं नमामि देवेश्वरं सनातनम् । नमामि देवाधिपमीश्वरं हरं नमामि शंभुं जगदेकबंधुम्
dakṣa uvāca | namāmi devaṃ varadaṃ vareṇyaṃ namāmi deveśvaraṃ sanātanam | namāmi devādhipamīśvaraṃ haraṃ namāmi śaṃbhuṃ jagadekabaṃdhum
Dakṣa dit : Je me prosterne devant le Dieu qui accorde les grâces, le plus digne d’adoration. Je me prosterne devant le Seigneur des dieux, l’Éternel. Je me prosterne devant Hara, le Souverain, maître des devas. Je me prosterne devant Śambhu, l’unique parent véritable de l’univers entier.
Dakṣa
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Scene: Dakṣa stands with folded hands, head bowed, offering a fourfold salutation to Śiva—Varada, Devēśvara, Hara, Śambhu—against a Himalayan Kedāra backdrop with a liṅga shrine and drifting clouds.
Śiva is praised as the highest refuge—boon-giver, lord of gods, and the intimate protector of all beings.
While the verse is a hymn, it appears in Kedārakhaṇḍa, reinforcing Kedāra’s Śaiva māhātmya through praise of the presiding Lord.
Stotra (recitation of praise) and namaskāra (salutation) are implied devotional practices.