पूतात्मोवाच । देवदेवमहादेव देवानामभयप्रद । ब्रह्मनारायणेंद्रादि सर्वदेवपदप्रद
pūtātmovāca | devadevamahādeva devānāmabhayaprada | brahmanārāyaṇeṃdrādi sarvadevapadaprada
పూతాత్ముడు పలికెను— “ఓ దేవదేవ మహాదేవా! దేవులకు అభయప్రదాతా! బ్రహ్మ, నారాయణ, ఇంద్రాది సమస్త దేవపదప్రదాతా!”
Pūtātmā
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: (contextual) frame audience
Scene: Devotee Pūtātmā offers a formal hymn-address to Śiva, naming him devadeva, mahādeva, abhaya-prada; Śiva listens in composed majesty.
Śiva is praised as the ultimate source of divine authority and protection, even for the highest gods.
The hymn occurs within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting, where Śiva’s supremacy is central to the place’s Mahātmya.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it is a stuti (praise) that frames the devotee’s request.