Shloka 1

Mahādeva’s Boon: Unwavering Bhakti, Tri-functional Cosmos, and the Supratiṣṭhā of Liṅga-Arcā

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच अथोवाच महादेवः प्रीतो ऽहं सुरसत्तमौ पश्यतां मां महादेवं भयं सर्वं विमुच्यताम्

Transliteration

sūta uvāca athovāca mahādevaḥ prīto 'haṃ surasattamau paśyatāṃ māṃ mahādevaṃ bhayaṃ sarvaṃ vimucyatām

Translation

സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അപ്പോൾ പ്രസന്നനായ മഹാദേവൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—“ഹേ ദേവശ്രേഷ്ഠന്മാരേ, ഞാൻ തൃപ്തനാണ്. എന്നെ—മഹാദേവനെ—ദർശിക്കുവിൻ; എല്ലാ ഭയവും പൂർണ്ണമായി വിട്ടുകളയുവിൻ.”

Word by Word

• सूत उवाच: Sūta said

• अथ: then

• उवाच: spoke

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (Śiva, the Supreme Lord)

• प्रीतः अहम्: I am pleased/gracious

• सुरसत्तमौ: O two best among the devas (vocative dual)

• पश्यताम्: behold/see (imperative)

• माम्: Me

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva

• भयम् सर्वम्: all fear

• विमुच्यताम्: let it be released/abandoned completely

Speaker

Suta (narrator), quoting Mahadeva (Shiva)