Shloka 35
कामभस्म-प्रार्थना: रत्याः शङ्करं प्रति विनयः / Rati’s Supplication to Śaṅkara regarding Kāma’s Ashes
अथ विष्णुरहं शक्रस्सर्वे देवाश्च सर्षयः । सिद्धा उपसुरा नागास्तुष्टुवुस्ते पृथक्पृथक्
atha viṣṇurahaṃ śakrassarve devāśca sarṣayaḥ | siddhā upasurā nāgāstuṣṭuvuste pṛthakpṛthak
അപ്പോൾ വിഷ്ണു, ഞാൻ (ബ്രഹ്മാ), ശക്രൻ (ഇന്ദ്രൻ)—ഋഷികളോടുകൂടിയ എല്ലാ ദേവന്മാരും—സിദ്ധർ, ഉപസുരർ, നാഗർ എന്നിവരും ഓരോരുത്തരും തത്തത്ത രീതിയിൽ അവനെ സ്തുതിച്ചു।
Brahma (narrated within Rudrasaṃhitā, Pārvatīkhaṇḍa context)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: Not a specific Jyotirliṅga episode; the verse frames a universal deva-stuti offered to Śiva after a theophany/recognition of His supremacy.
Significance: Models the proper response of all beings—praise and surrender—leading to Śiva’s anugraha (grace) and removal of pāśa (bondage).
Type: stotra
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It shows that even the highest cosmic authorities—Viṣṇu, Brahmā, Indra, and the hosts of beings—turn to the Supreme Lord (Śiva as Pati) with praise, indicating that grace (anugraha) is accessed through humility and bhakti rather than status.
The act of stuti by diverse beings reflects Saguna worship—approaching the Lord in a form and with attributes that the mind can adore—an attitude central to Linga-bhakti in the Shiva Purana where praise, offering, and remembrance lead toward realization of the higher (Nirguna) truth.
The takeaway is stotra-japa and nāma-smaraṇa: regularly praising Śiva with hymns, reciting the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and maintaining a devotional mindset as a simple, direct practice aligned with Shaiva worship.