Shloka 49
Svagati-varṇana
Description of the Supreme State / One’s True Attainment
एवमुक्तो मया शंभुर्विहस्य परमेश्वरः । कृपादृष्ट्या निरीक्ष्याशु मां स प्राह यदूद्वह
evamukto mayā śaṃbhurvihasya parameśvaraḥ | kṛpādṛṣṭyā nirīkṣyāśu māṃ sa prāha yadūdvaha
Setelah aku berkata demikian, Śambhu—Tuhan Yang Maha Esa—tersenyum. Dengan pandangan belas kasih, baginda memandangku lalu segera bersabda, wahai yang terbaik dari keturunan Yadu.
Narrator (a Shiva Purana narrator addressing a Yadu-descendant; likely the frame-narrator speaking to a royal listener)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Significance: Śiva’s smile and compassionate glance are presented as the immediate ‘darśana-phala’—the experiential sign of grace that pilgrims seek at liṅga-kṣetras.
FAQs
It highlights Śiva’s anugraha (grace): the Lord responds to sincere approach with a compassionate glance and guiding speech, showing that liberation and right understanding begin with divine mercy in the Shaiva Siddhanta spirit.
Śambhu is presented as personally approachable (saguṇa) through devotion; Linga-worship similarly invites the devotee into Śiva’s presence where his grace is experienced as protection, guidance, and inner awakening.
Adopt a bhakti-centered practice: approach Śiva with humility, repeat the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), and meditate on receiving his compassionate gaze (kṛpā-dṛṣṭi) as inner purification and assurance.