The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape
अहो देव मया दृष्टो दुर्दर्शो योगिनामपि ॥ त्वया सर्वमिदं सृष्टं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् ॥
aho deva mayā dṛṣṭo durdarśo yoginām api || tvayā sarvam idaṁ sṛṣṭaṁ jagat sthāvarajaṅgamam ||
“అహో దేవా! యోగులకు కూడా దర్శనమవడం దుర్లభమైన నిన్ను నేను దర్శించాను. స్థావరమూ జంగమమూ అయిన ఈ సమస్త జగత్తును నీవే సృష్టించావు.”
Gaṇḍakī
It reflects a widely shared Sanskrit cosmological idiom—‘moving and unmoving’—that catalogs biodiversity and material reality, bridging philosophy and ecological description.
No specific location is named; the verse is hymnic and cosmological rather than topographic.
By treating all beings (mobile and immobile) as part of a single created order, the verse supports an ethic of non-negligence toward the broader living landscape.
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