शिवरूपदर्शनम्
Menā’s Vision of Śiva’s Divine Form
ब्रह्मोवाच । इत्थं सम्भाष्य सा मेना संस्तूयेन्दुललाटकम् । साञ्जलिः प्रणता शैलप्रिया लज्जापराऽभवत्
brahmovāca | itthaṃ sambhāṣya sā menā saṃstūyendulalāṭakam | sāñjaliḥ praṇatā śailapriyā lajjāparā'bhavat
ブラフマーは言った。「このように語り終えると、メーナーは山の愛し主—額に三日月を戴く御方—を讃えた。合掌して礼拝し、シェーラプリヤー(パールヴァティー)はいよいよ慎み深く、恥じらいに満ちた。」
Brahma
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Mantra: indulalāṭaka (epithet of Śiva)
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: nurturing
Offering: pushpa
It highlights bhakti expressed through praise and namaskāra to Saguna Śiva (the Moon-crested Lord), and shows the inner transformation it evokes—humility and modest purity in Pārvatī, a sign of ripening devotion and grace.
The epithet “moon on the forehead” points to Saguna Śiva—worshipped through names, forms, and symbols (including the Liṅga). Praise (stuti) and folded-hands reverence are classic modes of approaching the Liṅga as the compassionate, accessible manifestation of Pati (Lord) for the devotee.
A simple practice is stuti with añjali (folded hands) and praṇāma before a Śiva-liṅga, contemplating Candraśekhara (the Moon-crested Śiva) while repeating the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—to cultivate humility and devotional steadiness.