शिवभक्तिसमुद्रैकपूरितः प्राह तान्मुनिः । न शिवात्परमो देवः सत्यमेतच्छिवव्रताः
śivabhaktisamudraikapūritaḥ prāha tānmuniḥ | na śivātparamo devaḥ satyametacchivavratāḥ
ਸ਼ਿਵ-ਭਕਤੀ ਦੇ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ ਨਾਲ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਪੂਰਨ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੋਵੇ, ਉਹ ਮੁਨੀ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਬੋਲੇ: ‘ਸ਼ਿਵ ਤੋਂ ਉੱਚਾ ਕੋਈ ਦੇਵ ਨਹੀਂ—ਇਹੀ ਸਤ੍ਯ ਹੈ, ਹੇ ਸ਼ਿਵ-ਵ੍ਰਤ ਧਾਰਣ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਿਓ।’
A muni (sage)
Type: kshetra
Listener: śiva-vratins / assembled devotees
Scene: A radiant sage, eyes moist with devotion, addresses a group of Śiva-vratins; behind him a vast ocean metaphorically merges with a halo around a Śiva-liṅga.
Single-minded Śiva-bhakti culminates in clarity of devotion: Śiva is affirmed as the supreme divine principle for Śaiva practitioners.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a doctrinal conclusion within the surrounding tīrtha narrative.
Implicit encouragement of Śiva-vrata (Śaiva observances) and devotion, rather than a step-by-step rite.