Shloka 197
Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ
Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony
भूतभावनभावज्ञ सर्वभूताभिभावनम् | सर्वगं सर्वदं देवं पूजयामि पुरन्दर
bhūtabhāvanabhāvajña sarvabhūtābhibhāvanam | sarvagaṃ sarvadaṃ devaṃ pūjayāmi purandara ||
പുരന്ദരാ! സർവ്വഭൂതങ്ങളുടെ ഉത്പാദകനും അവരുടെ ഭാവങ്ങളെ അറിയുന്നവനും; സർവ്വജീവികളുടെ പരാഭവ-ലയത്തിന്റെയും പരമാശ്രയവും; സർവ്വവ്യാപിയും സർവ്വദായകനുമായ ദേവൻ—ആ മഹാദേവനെ ഞാൻ പൂജിക്കുന്നു.
शक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.