Shloka 41
Śatarudrīya-prabhāva and Rudra’s Supremacy (शतरुद्रीयप्रभावः)
उमा बोलीं--भगवन! सर्वभूतेश्वर! शूलपाणे! महान् व्रतधारी महेश्वर! मेरे मनमें एक महान् संशय उत्पन्न हुआ है। आप मुझसे उसकी व्याख्या कीजिये ।।
Umā uvāca—bhagavan, sarvabhūteśvara, śūlapāṇe, mahān vratadhārī maheśvara! mama manasi mahān saṁśaya utpannaḥ. tvaṁ me tasya vyākhyāṁ kuru. kimarthaṁ te lalāṭe vai tṛtīyaṁ netram utthitam? kimarthaṁ ca girigṛdhaḥ sapakṣigaṇakānanaḥ?
ウマーは言った。「主よ、万有の自在者よ、三叉戟を執る御方よ、大いなる誓いを守るマヘーシュヴァラよ——わたしの心に大いなる疑いが起こりました。どうか説き明かしてください。なぜ御額に第三の眼が現れたのですか。さらに、なぜあなたは『山の禿鷲』、すなわち翼ある群れとともに森を巡る者と呼ばれるのですか。」
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Reverent inquiry is presented as a legitimate path to understanding divine qualities: Uma approaches Śiva with humility and precise questions, implying that doubts should be clarified through respectful dialogue rather than suppressed.
Within Nārada’s narration, Uma addresses Śiva and asks for the reasons behind two features/epithets: the manifestation of his third eye on the forehead and the meaning of the designation 'girigṛdhaḥ … kānanaḥ' (associated with mountains, birds, and the forest).