Shloka 38

देवस्तुतिः (Devastuti) — Hymn/Praise of the Devas

Devanagari script

उपलेषु समस्तेषु स्फटिकस्त्वं महेश्वर । कमलस्त्वं प्रसूनेषु शैलेषु हिमवांस्तथा

Transliteration

upaleṣu samasteṣu sphaṭikastvaṃ maheśvara | kamalastvaṃ prasūneṣu śaileṣu himavāṃstathā

Translation

హే మహేశ్వరా! సమస్త రాళ్లలో నీవు స్ఫటికం; పుష్పాలలో నీవు కమలం; పర్వతాలలో నీవు హిమవాన్ (హిమాలయం).

Word by Word

• उपलेषु: among stones
• उपलेषु: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; Locative plural

• समस्तेषु: in all (of them)
• समस्तेषु: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; adjective agreeing with उपलेषु

• स्फटिकः: crystal
• स्फटिकः: विधेय (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्फटिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; Nominative singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महेश्वर: O Maheśvara
• महेश्वर: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• कमलः: lotus
• कमलः: विधेय (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रसूनेषु: among flowers
• प्रसूनेषु: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसून (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; Locative plural

• शैलेषु: among mountains
• शैलेषु: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; Locative plural

• हिमवान्: Himavān (the Himalaya)
• हिमवान्: विधेय (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the hymn of praise addressed to Shiva within the Yuddhakhaṇḍa context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: The crystal/lotus/Himavān triad is emblematic: crystal for transparency (pure consciousness), lotus for untouched purity, Himalaya for immovable steadiness—used as praise rather than a site legend.

Significance: Supports dhyāna: meditating on Śiva as sphaṭika (crystal) encourages inner clarity and removal of mala (impurity).

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

The verse teaches Shiva’s immanence: within each class of created things, the devotee perceives the Lord as the highest, purest exemplar—symbolizing that Pati (Shiva) pervades the world while remaining supremely transcendent.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

Like the Liṅga, which is a concrete focus for the formless Reality, these comparisons (crystal, lotus, Himalaya) are Saguna pointers—pure, elevated symbols through which the mind steadies in devotion and recognizes Shiva as the indwelling Lord.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice contemplative japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) while visualizing Shiva as crystal-like purity and lotus-like auspiciousness, and offer a lotus (or white flowers) to the Liṅga as an external support for inner recollection.