ईश्वरो हि जगत्स्रष्टा प्रभुर्योऽसौ सनातनः । सत्त्वात्मकोऽसौ भगवानिज्यते सर्वकर्मसु
īśvaro hi jagatsraṣṭā prabhuryo'sau sanātanaḥ | sattvātmako'sau bhagavānijyate sarvakarmasu
कारण ईश्वरच जगाचा स्रष्टा, तोच सनातन प्रभू आहे। सत्त्वस्वरूप तो भगवान सर्व कर्मकांडांत पूजिला जातो.
Dakṣa
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: assembly of sages
Scene: A calm doctrinal assertion: the speaker counters the ‘ugra’ description by proclaiming Īśvara as creator, eternal lord, and universally worshiped in all rites.
Ritualists often equate divinity with sattvic order and universal acceptability; the narrative challenges this narrow criterion when applied to Śiva.
Within Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya, the debate serves the place’s teaching function—clarifying right devotion in Prabhāsa.
General statement: the Lord is worshiped “in all karmas” (sarvakarmasu), without naming a specific sacrifice or vrata.