Shloka 17
देवस्तुतिः—शिवस्य परब्रह्मत्वं, मायाशक्तिः, कर्मफलप्रदातृत्वं च
Devas’ Hymn: Śiva as Parabrahman, Māyā-Śakti, and Giver of Karmic Fruits
नमस्ते भगवन् रुद्र भास्करामिततेजसे । नमो भवाय देवाय रसायांबुमयाय ते
namaste bhagavan rudra bhāskarāmitatejase | namo bhavāya devāya rasāyāṃbumayāya te
హే భగవాన్ రుద్రా! సూర్యుని వలె అపార తేజస్సు గల మీకు నమస్కారం. హే దేవ భవా! రసమయమూ జలతత్త్వమయమూ అయిన మీ స్వరూపానికి నమస్కారం.
Satī (offering praise to Lord Śiva/Rudra in the Satīkhaṇḍa narrative)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Rudra
Significance: Identifies Śiva as solar-like tejas and as the watery/rasa essence sustaining life—useful for pilgrims to contemplate Śiva as both transcendent radiance and immanent support of the world.
Mantra: नमस्ते भगवन् रुद्र भास्करामिततेजसे । नमो भवाय देवाय रसायांबुमयाय ते
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: teaching
FAQs
It praises Rudra as the Supreme Pati whose light is limitless like the sun and whose presence pervades life as rasa (vital essence) and water—pointing to Śiva as both transcendent radiance and immanent sustainer.
By addressing Śiva as Bhava and Rudra with perceivable attributes (radiance, pervasion as water), the verse supports Saguna worship—especially linga-pūjā through water offerings and contemplation of Śiva’s all-pervading power.
Jala-abhisheka (offering water to the Śiva-liṅga) while meditating on Rudra’s solar-like tejas and repeating a Śaiva mantra such as the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) as an inner act of surrender.