Shloka 94

Devanagari script

एवं देवा यजन्तो हि सिद्धाश्ष परमर्षय: । प्रार्थयन्ते परं लोके स्थाणुमेकं॑ स सर्वकृत्‌,इस प्रकार आराधना करते हुए देवता, सिद्ध और महर्षिगण लोकमें एकमात्र सर्वोत्कृष्ट भगवान्‌ शंकरसे ही अभीष्ट वस्तुकी प्रार्थना करते हैं; क्योंकि वे ही सब कुछ करनेवाले हैं

Transliteration

evaṁ devā yajanto hi siddhāś ca paramarṣayaḥ | prārthayante paraṁ loke sthāṇum ekaṁ sa sarvakṛt ||

Translation

ヴィヤーサは言った。「かくして、神々でさえ—成就者たち、至高の仙人たちとともに—供養を行うとき、最高の界における所願の成就を、ただ唯一の主スサーヌ（Sthāṇu、シヴァ）に求める。彼こそ万事の作者、すべてを成就させる力そのものだからである。」

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

देवाःthe gods

यजन्तःworshipping, sacrificing

हिindeed, for

सिद्धाःthe Siddhas (perfected beings)

चand

परमर्षयःthe great seers

प्रार्थयन्तेthey request, pray for

परम्supreme, highest

लोकेin the world (realm)

स्थाणुम्Sthāṇu (Śiva), the immovable one

एकम्one, sole

सःhe

सर्वकृत्the maker of all

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

व्यास (Vyāsa)

द

देवाः (the gods)

स

सिद्धाः (Siddhas)

प

परमर्षयः (supreme seers)

स

स्थाणु / शंकर / शिव (Sthāṇu/Śaṅkara/Śiva)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes single-pointed devotion and the idea of a supreme divine agency: even gods and perfected sages seek fulfillment from Śiva alone, acknowledging him as sarvakṛt—the ultimate accomplisher behind all results.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa is describing a theological point within the Drona Parva context: he states that gods, Siddhas, and great ṛṣis, while engaged in worship, direct their petitions to Sthāṇu (Śiva) in the higher realm, because he is regarded as the one who brings all actions and outcomes to completion.