Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 43
देवस्तुतिः—शिवस्य परब्रह्मत्वं, मायाशक्तिः, कर्मफलप्रदातृत्वं च
Devas’ Hymn: Śiva as Parabrahman, Māyā-Śakti, and Giver of Karmic Fruits
ब्रह्मविष्ण्विंद्रचन्द्रादिप्रमुखास्सकलास्सुराः । मुनयश्चापरे त्वत्तस्संप्रसूता महेश्वर
brahmaviṣṇviṃdracandrādipramukhāssakalāssurāḥ | munayaścāpare tvattassaṃprasūtā maheśvara
おおマヘーシュヴァラよ、ブラフマー、ヴィシュヌ、インドラ、チャンドラを首とする一切の神々は御身より生じ、また他の聖仙たちもまことに御身より出生した。
Sati (addressing Lord Shiva as Maheśvara)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadyojāta
Mantra: brahmaviṣṇviṃdracandrādipramukhāssakalāssurāḥ | munayaścāpare tvattassaṃprasūtā maheśvara
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: teaching
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
The verse affirms Maheśvara (Śiva) as the supreme source from whom even the highest devas and sages arise—supporting the Shaiva Siddhanta view of Śiva as Pati, the ultimate Lord and cause, beyond limited cosmic roles.
By declaring Śiva as the origin of Brahmā and Viṣṇu, the verse grounds Saguna worship—such as Śiva-liṅga pūjā—as devotion to the highest reality manifest in an accessible form, not merely one deity among others.
A fitting takeaway is daily Śiva-upāsanā with the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” offered with bhakti (and, where traditional, tripuṇḍra-bhasma and rudrākṣa), contemplating Śiva as the source of all gods and sages.