Shloka 96

Devanagari script

सर्वभूतभवं ज्ञात्वा लिड्रमर्चति यः प्रभो: । तस्मिन्नभ्यधिकां प्रीतिं करोति वृषभध्वज:,जो भगवान्‌ शिवके लिंगको सम्पूर्ण भूतोंकी उत्पत्तिका स्थान जानकर उसकी पूजा करता है, उसपर भगवान्‌ शंकर अधिक प्रेम करते हैं

Transliteration

sarvabhūtabhavaṁ jñātvā liṅgam arcati yaḥ prabhoḥ | tasminn abhyadhikāṁ prītiṁ karoti vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ ||

Translation

ଯେ ଭକ୍ତ ପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କ ଲିଙ୍ଗକୁ ସମସ୍ତ ଭୂତଙ୍କ ଉତ୍ପତ୍ତିର ମୂଳସ୍ଥାନ ବୋଲି ଜାଣି ତାହାର ପୂଜା କରେ, ସେହି ଭକ୍ତ ଉପରେ ବୃଷଭଧ୍ୱଜ ଶିବ ଅଧିକ ପ୍ରୀତି ଓ ଅନୁଗ୍ରହ କରନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

सर्वभूतभवम्the origin/source of all beings

ज्ञात्वाhaving known

लिङ्गम्the liṅga (Śiva-emblem)

अर्चतिworships

यःwho

प्रभोःof the Lord

तस्मिन्in/for him (in that person)

अभ्यधिकाम्greater, exceeding

प्रीतिम्affection, favor

करोतिshows/does (bestows)

वृषभध्वजःthe Bull-bannered one (Śiva)

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Śiva

Liṅga

Vṛṣabhadhvaja (epithet of Śiva)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Worship becomes especially fruitful when it is grounded in insight: recognizing Śiva’s liṅga as the source of all beings, the devotee worships with understanding, and Śiva responds with greater affection and grace.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa states a doctrinal point within the Drona Parva context: he describes the merit of liṅga-worship performed with the knowledge that the divine is the origin of all existence, emphasizing Śiva’s special favor toward such a worshipper.