Shloka 107
Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
अन्निहोत्र, पितरोंका पूजन (श्राद्ध) और पंचमहा-यज्ञोंका अनुष्ठान यह उनका मुख्य धर्म कहा जाता है ।।
agnihotraṃ pitṝṇāṃ pūjanaṃ (śrāddhaṃ) ca pañcamahāyajñānām anuṣṭhānam—eṣa teṣāṃ mukhyo dharmaḥ kathyate. eṣa cakracaraiḥ devi devalokacarair dvijaiḥ ṛṣidharmaḥ sadā cīrṇo yo ’nyas tam api me śṛṇu, devi.
マヘーシュヴァラは言った。「アグニホートラ（Agnihotra）の供儀、シュラーダッダ（śrāddha）による祖霊の奉祀、そして五大供犠（pañca-mahā-yajña）の遂行——これらが彼らの主要な義務であると宣言される。おお女神よ、このリシの法（ṛṣi-dharma）は、輪のごとく巡り行き、天界に住まうかの婆羅門たちによって、常に実践されてきた。さらにまた、おおデーヴィよ、聖仙にも属する別の務めを、わたしから聞くがよい。」
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies a foundational dharma centered on daily and periodic sacred obligations: maintaining the fire-rite (Agnihotra), honoring ancestors through śrāddha, and performing the five great sacrifices. It frames these as the primary ethical-religious duties sustaining cosmic and social order, and then signals that an additional rishi-duty will be taught next.
Śrī Maheśvara is instructing Devī. He describes the long-established practice of certain Brahmins—portrayed as celestial-ranging and cyclical in movement—who have consistently observed rishi-dharma. He then transitions to introduce another aspect of the seers’ dharma to be explained subsequently.