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 ||
पुरंदर! जे सर्व भूतांचे उत्पादक आणि त्यांच्या भावांचे जाणकार आहेत; जे सर्व प्राण्यांच्या पराभव-विलयाचेही परम आश्रय आहेत; जे सर्वव्यापी व सर्वदायक देव आहेत—त्या महादेवाची मी पूजा करतो।
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.