Shloka 71
उपमन्युकुमारस्य क्षीरार्थ-प्रार्थना तथा शिवप्रसाद-निबन्धनम् | Upamanyu’s Longing for Milk and the Doctrine of Shiva’s Grace
अक्षया बान्धवाश्चैव कुलं गोत्रं च ते सदा । भविष्यति द्विजश्रेष्ठ मयि भक्तिश्च शाश्वती
akṣayā bāndhavāścaiva kulaṃ gotraṃ ca te sadā | bhaviṣyati dvijaśreṣṭha mayi bhaktiśca śāśvatī
నీ బంధువులు అక్షయులుగా ఉంటారు; నీ కులం, గోత్రం సదా నిలిచివుంటాయి. ఓ ద్విజశ్రేష్ఠా, నాపై నీ భక్తి కూడా శాశ్వతమగును।
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: anugraha
Shiva Form: Sadashiva
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It presents Shiva’s grace as twofold: worldly stability (enduring family line and gotra) and the higher gift of śāśvatī-bhakti—devotion that persists and matures toward liberation under Pati (Shiva), the Lord of souls.
The verse reflects Saguna Shiva’s compassionate, boon-giving aspect—responding to worship (often through the Linga) by granting both dharmic prosperity and steady devotion that keeps the devotee oriented to Shiva rather than merely to results.
Cultivate enduring bhakti through regular Shiva-upāsanā—japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), Linga-abhisheka, and daily remembrance—so the boon becomes inner steadfastness rather than only external continuity.