Shloka 1

प्रसाद-ज्ञान-योग-मोक्षक्रमः तथा व्यास-रुद्रावतार-मन्वन्तर-परम्परा

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच रहस्यं वः प्रवक्ष्यामि भवस्यामिततेजसः प्रभावं शंकरस्याद्यं संक्षेपात्सर्वदर्शिनः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca rahasyaṃ vaḥ pravakṣyāmi bhavasyāmitatejasaḥ prabhāvaṃ śaṃkarasyādyaṃ saṃkṣepātsarvadarśinaḥ

Translation

सूत उवाच—भवस्यामिततेजसः शंकरस्याद्यं प्रभावं रहस्यं वः संक्षेपात् प्रवक्ष्यामि, सर्वदर्शिनः।

Word by Word

• सूत उवाच: Sūta said

• रहस्यं: secret (esoteric teaching)

• वः: to you (all)

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I will explain/declare

• भवस्य: of Bhava (Śiva as Pati)

• अमित-तेजसः: of immeasurable radiance/power

• प्रभावम्: glory, sovereign might

• शंकरस्य: of Śaṅkara (auspicious one)

• आद्यम्: primordial, first

• संक्षेपात्: in brief

• सर्व-दर्शिनः: all-seeing, omniscient

Speaker

Suta

Characters & Entities

• Suta
• Shiva
• Bhava
• Shankara

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames the teaching as a rahasya (esoteric core) about Śiva’s prabhāva, establishing that Linga-centered worship is grounded in the Lord’s primordial, immeasurable potency rather than mere outer ritual.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Śiva is presented as Bhava of limitless tejas and as sarva-darśin (omniscient), aligning with Shaiva Siddhanta’s Pati-tattva: the sovereign Lord who knows, sustains, and can liberate the pashu from pāśa.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific rite is prescribed in this verse; it signals an initiation into secret doctrine that typically culminates in Pāśupata-oriented discipline—inner contemplation of Śiva’s prabhāva alongside Linga-pūjā.