Shloka 9
शिवशिवयोर्जगत्पितृमातृत्व-प्रतिपादनं तथा मेनायाः विमोहः (Śiva–Śivā as Cosmic Father and Mother; Menā’s Delusion and the Sages’ Intervention)
अहं च ज्ञानविभ्रष्टो जातोहं सत्यमीर्य्यते । दातुं सुतां महेशाय नेच्छामि भिक्षुरूपिणे । ब्रह्मोवाचैत्युक्त्वा शैलराजस्तु शिवमायाविमोहितः । तूष्णीं बभूव तत्रस्थो मुनीनां मध्यतो मुने
ahaṃ ca jñānavibhraṣṭo jātohaṃ satyamīryyate | dātuṃ sutāṃ maheśāya necchāmi bhikṣurūpiṇe | brahmovācaityuktvā śailarājastu śivamāyāvimohitaḥ | tūṣṇīṃ babhūva tatrastho munīnāṃ madhyato mune
“ഞാനും ജ്ഞാനവിഭ്രഷ്ടനായിരിക്കുന്നു—ഇത് സത്യം. ഭിക്ഷുരൂപത്തിലുള്ള മഹേശനു ഞാൻ മകളെ നൽകാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നില്ല।” ബ്രഹ്മാവ് പറഞ്ഞു—ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ് ശൈലരാജൻ ശിവമായയിൽ വിമോഹിതനായി, ഹേ മുനേ, മുനിമാരുടെ നടുവിൽ നിശ്ശബ്ദനായി നിന്നു।
Brahma
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
FAQs
It shows how Śiva’s māyā can veil even noble judgment, and how worldly criteria (status, appearance) can obstruct recognition of the Supreme Pati; the devotee is guided toward surrender and right discernment rather than external evaluation.
Śiva appears in a humble, saguna (perceivable) guise to test devotion and ego; similarly, Linga-worship trains the mind to see the Supreme beyond form and social markers, honoring Śiva as Pati regardless of outward appearance.
A practical takeaway is cultivating humility and steadiness through japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") and simple Śiva-pūjā (bhasma/tripuṇḍra and rudrākṣa with devotion), so discernment is not shaken by māyā and appearances.