श्मशानरतिनित्याय नमो गगनचारिणे । ज्येष्ठसामरहस्याय शतरुद्रप्रियाय च
śmaśānaratinityāya namo gaganacāriṇe | jyeṣṭhasāmarahasyāya śatarudrapriyāya ca
श्मशान में नित्य रमण करने वाले को नमस्कार; गगनचारी को नमस्कार। ज्येष्ठ-साम के रहस्य को नमस्कार; और शतरुद्रीय के प्रिय को नमस्कार।
Devī (Satī/Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva (Rudra/Maheśvara)
Scene: Śiva as the cremation-ground delighting ascetic: ash-smeared, with gaṇas, under a vast night sky; Devī offers salutations while Vedic hymn-threads (Sāman, Śatarudrīya) appear as luminous sound-waves.
Śiva sanctifies even fearful liminal spaces like the cremation-ground, and he is inseparable from Vedic revelation—both mantra and meaning.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the Māhātmya integrates Shaiva ascetic imagery (śmaśāna) with Vedic authority (Sāman, Śatarudra).
No direct prescription; the verse alludes to Vedic recitations (Śatarudrīya, Sāman) as sacred frameworks for praise.
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