Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 197

Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ

Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony

Devanagari script

भूतभावनभावज्ञ सर्वभूताभिभावनम्‌ | सर्वगं सर्वदं देवं पूजयामि पुरन्दर

Transliteration

bhūtabhāvanabhāvajña sarvabhūtābhibhāvanam | sarvagaṃ sarvadaṃ devaṃ pūjayāmi purandara ||

Translation

ສັກຣະ (ອິນທຣະ) ປະກາດຄວາມນົບນ້ອມວ່າ: «ໂອ ພຸຣັນດະຣະ, ຂ້າພະເຈົ້ານົບນ້ອມບູຊາພຣະເທວະຜູ້ບັນດານໃຫ້ສັດທັງປວງເກີດ, ຜູ້ຮູ້ໃຈນຶກແລະອາການໃນໃຈຂອງສັດທັງປວງ; ຜູ້ເປັນຖານສຸດທ້າຍທີ່ສັດທັງປວງຖືກລະລາຍລົງ; ຜູ້ສະຫວ່າງຢູ່ທົ່ວທຸກທີ່ ແລະປະທານໄດ້ທຸກສິ່ງ»។

Word by Word

• भूत: of beings
• भूत: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• भावन: producer/nurturer
• भावन: Visheshana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भावन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भाव: of mental states/feelings
• भाव: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• ज्ञ: knower
• ज्ञ: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्व: of all
• सर्व: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• भूत: of beings
• भूत: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अभिभावनम्: overpowering/bringing to dissolution
• अभिभावनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिभावन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वगम्: all-pervading
• सर्वगम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वदम्: giver of all
• सर्वदम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पूजयामि: I worship
• पूजयामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुरन्दर: O Purandara
• पुरन्दर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरन्दर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पुरन्दर: O Purandara
• पुरन्दर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरन्दर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Purandara (Indra, vocative)
• Deva (the worshipped supreme deity, identified in context as Mahādeva/Śiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True worship is grounded in understanding the deity’s comprehensive sovereignty: the Lord generates and sustains beings, knows their inner intentions, and also presides over their dissolution; therefore devotion aligns the worshipper with cosmic order and moral accountability.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śakra (Indra), speaking in praise, offers a stuti (hymn-like homage) to the supreme deity (Mahādeva/Śiva in context), acknowledging him as omniscient, all-pervading, and the universal giver, thereby affirming divine supremacy and seeking auspicious favor.