Shloka 1
उमास्वयंवरः / भवोद्वाहः, गणसमागमः, अविमुक्तक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यम्, तथा विनायक-उत्पत्तिसूचना
इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे उमास्वयंवरो नाम द्व्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः सूत उवाच अथ ब्रह्मा महादेवम् अभिवन्द्य कृताञ्जलिः उद्वाहः क्रियतां देव इत्युवाच महेश्वरम्
iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge umāsvayaṃvaro nāma dvyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca atha brahmā mahādevam abhivandya kṛtāñjaliḥ udvāhaḥ kriyatāṃ deva ityuvāca maheśvaram
かくして『シュリー・リンガ・マハープラーナ』前篇において、「ウマーのスヴァヤンヴァラ」と名づけられた第百三章が始まる。スータは語った。ついでブラフマーは、合掌してマハーデーヴァに礼拝し、マヘーシュヴァラにこう申し上げた。「おおデーヴァよ、婚礼の儀を執り行わせ給え。」
Sūta
FAQs
It frames Śiva’s forthcoming marriage as a sacred, dhārmic act sanctioned by Brahmā, showing that devotion to the Liṅga (Pati) integrates both transcendence and righteous worldly order rather than rejecting it.
Śiva is addressed as Mahādeva and Maheśvara—the sovereign Pati—before whom even Brahmā stands with folded hands, indicating Śiva-tattva as the supreme lordship that governs creation while remaining the object of highest reverence.
The verse highlights udvāha (the Vedic marriage rite) as a sanctified saṃskāra; in Shaiva framing it supports disciplined gṛhastha-dharma as compatible with inner Pāśupata orientation toward the Pati.