Shloka 11
पितृसर्ग-श्राद्धमाहात्म्य-प्रश्नः
Pitṛ-sarga and the Greatness of Śrāddha: The Inquiry
सूत उवाच । युधिष्ठिरेण संपृष्टं प्रश्नं श्रुत्वा स धर्मवित् । भीष्मः प्रोवाच सुप्रीत्या सर्वेषां शृण्वतां वचः
sūta uvāca | yudhiṣṭhireṇa saṃpṛṣṭaṃ praśnaṃ śrutvā sa dharmavit | bhīṣmaḥ provāca suprītyā sarveṣāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ vacaḥ
ಸೂತನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರನು ಕೇಳಿದ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಯನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿ ಧರ್ಮವಿದನಾದ ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ಮಹಾಪ್ರೀತಿಯಿಂದ, ಕೇಳುತ್ತಿರುವ ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ಉಪದೇಶವಚನಗಳನ್ನು ಹೇಳಿದರು.
Suta Goswami
FAQs
It highlights the Shaiva-Puranic method of transmission: sincere inquiry (praśna) and joyful instruction by a dharma-knower, preparing the listener to receive Shiva-centered teachings that lead toward clarity, devotion, and liberation.
Though it does not mention the Liṅga directly, it sets the narrative frame in which authoritative elders explain dharma and worship; in the Shiva Purana this often culminates in guidance toward Saguna Shiva devotion and Liṅga-upāsanā as a practical path.
The implied practice is śravaṇa (attentive listening) and dharma-jijñāsā (right questioning), which in Shaiva practice supports mantra-japa—especially the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—and disciplined devotion.