Shloka 24
शिवरूपदर्शनम्
Menā’s Vision of Śiva’s Divine Form
ब्रह्मोवाच । इत्थं सम्भाष्य सा मेना संस्तूयेन्दुललाटकम् । साञ्जलिः प्रणता शैलप्रिया लज्जापराऽभवत्
brahmovāca | itthaṃ sambhāṣya sā menā saṃstūyendulalāṭakam | sāñjaliḥ praṇatā śailapriyā lajjāparā'bhavat
ബ്രഹ്മാവ് പറഞ്ഞു—ഇങ്ങനെ സംസാരിച്ചു മേനാ ചന്ദ്രകലാധരനായ ഗിരിപ്രിയ ശിവനെ സ്തുതിച്ചു. പിന്നെ കൈകൂപ്പി നമസ്കരിച്ചപ്പോൾ, ശൈലപ്രിയ പാർവതി അത്യന്തം ലജ്ജാഭരിതയായി।
Brahma
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
FAQs
It highlights bhakti expressed through praise and namaskāra to Saguna Śiva (the Moon-crested Lord), and shows the inner transformation it evokes—humility and modest purity in Pārvatī, a sign of ripening devotion and grace.
The epithet “moon on the forehead” points to Saguna Śiva—worshipped through names, forms, and symbols (including the Liṅga). Praise (stuti) and folded-hands reverence are classic modes of approaching the Liṅga as the compassionate, accessible manifestation of Pati (Lord) for the devotee.
A simple practice is stuti with añjali (folded hands) and praṇāma before a Śiva-liṅga, contemplating Candraśekhara (the Moon-crested Śiva) while repeating the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—to cultivate humility and devotional steadiness.