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Shloka 197

Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ

Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony

भूतभावनभावज्ञ सर्वभूताभिभावनम्‌ | सर्वगं सर्वदं देवं पूजयामि पुरन्दर

bhūtabhāvanabhāvajña sarvabhūtābhibhāvanam | sarvagaṃ sarvadaṃ devaṃ pūjayāmi purandara ||

โอ้ ปุรันทร! ข้าบูชามหาเทพผู้ทรงให้กำเนิดสรรพสัตว์และทรงรู้ความนึกคิดภายในของเขาทั้งหลาย ผู้เป็นที่พึ่งสูงสุดซึ่งสรรพชีวิตทั้งปวงย่อมพ่ายและสลายกลับคืน ผู้แผ่ซ่านทั่วและประทานได้ทุกสิ่ง—ข้าบูชามหาเทพพระองค์นั้น

भूतof beings
भूत:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
भावनproducer/nurturer
भावन:
Visheshana
TypeNoun
Rootभावन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भावof mental states/feelings
भाव:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootभाव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
ज्ञknower
ज्ञ:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वof all
सर्व:
Sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
भूतof beings
भूत:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
अभिभावनम्overpowering/bringing to dissolution
अभिभावनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअभिभावन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सर्वगम्all-pervading
सर्वगम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्वग
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
सर्वदम्giver of all
सर्वदम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्वद
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
देवम्the god
देवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पूजयामिI worship
पूजयामि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootपूज्
FormPresent, First, Singular, Parasmaipada
पुरन्दरO Purandara
पुरन्दर:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootपुरन्दर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
पुरन्दरO Purandara
पुरन्दर:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootपुरन्दर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

शक्र उवाच

Ś
Śakra (Indra)
P
Purandara (Indra, vocative)
D
Deva (the worshipped supreme deity, identified in context as Mahādeva/Śiva)

Educational Q&A

True worship is grounded in understanding the deity’s comprehensive sovereignty: the Lord generates and sustains beings, knows their inner intentions, and also presides over their dissolution; therefore devotion aligns the worshipper with cosmic order and moral accountability.

Śakra (Indra), speaking in praise, offers a stuti (hymn-like homage) to the supreme deity (Mahādeva/Śiva in context), acknowledging him as omniscient, all-pervading, and the universal giver, thereby affirming divine supremacy and seeking auspicious favor.