Shloka 69

देवादिसृष्टिकथनम् (वसिष्ठशोकः, पराशरजन्म, एकलिङ्गपूजा, रुद्रदर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

पराशर wइल्ल् सेइनेन् वतेर् र्äछेन् पराशर उवाच अभ्यर्च्य देवदेवेशं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् क्षणेन मातः पितरं दर्शयामीति मे मतिः

Transliteration

Parāśara will seinen Vater rächen parāśara uvāca abhyarcya devadeveśaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram kṣaṇena mātaḥ pitaraṃ darśayāmīti me matiḥ

Translation

ປະຣາຊະຣະກ່າວວ່າ: «ເມື່ອໄດ້ບູຊານົບນ້ອມພຣະເທວະເທວະເອສະ—ອົງຜູ້ແຜ່ຄອບຄຸມສາມໂລກ ພ້ອມທັງສິ່ງທີ່ເຄື່ອນໄຫວແລະບໍ່ເຄື່ອນໄຫວ—ຄວາມຕັ້ງໃຈຂອງຂ້າແມ່ນ: ‘ໃນພຽງຊົ່ວຂະນະ ໂອ ແມ່ເຈົ້າ, ຂ້າຈະໃຫ້ເຈົ້າໄດ້ເຫັນພໍ່ຂອງຂ້າ’»

Word by Word

• पराशर उवाच: Parāśara said

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped (with reverence)

• देवदेवेशम्: the Lord of the gods (Śiva as Pati)

• त्रैलोक्यम्: the three worlds

• सचराचरम्: with the moving and the unmoving beings

• क्षणेन: in an instant

• मातः: O Mother

• पितरम्: (my) father

• दर्शयामि: I will show / make (you) see

• इति: thus

• मे: my

• मतिः: intention, resolve

Speaker

Parāśara

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parāśara

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It presents abhyarcana (reverent worship) of Devadeveśa as the direct means to obtain Śiva’s anugraha—swift, decisive spiritual efficacy that can alter worldly circumstances and reveal hidden realities.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Śiva is implied as Devadeveśa and the all-pervading Pati of the entire trailokya—immanent in all beings (cara-acara) yet sovereign beyond them, capable of granting immediate fruition through grace.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse highlights abhyarcana (Śiva-pūjā/arcana) as the operative practice; in Shaiva Siddhānta terms, disciplined worship invites anugraha by which the Paśu’s intention is empowered and obstacles rooted in pāśa are overcome.