Shloka 20
मेना-हिमालयसंवादः
Menā’s Counsel to Himālaya; Response to Slander of Śiva
अद्य प्रभृति लोकेषु मान्याः पूज्या मुनीश्वराः । जातास्ते दर्शनादेव स्वमुच्चैः पदमाश्रिताः
adya prabhṛti lokeṣu mānyāḥ pūjyā munīśvarāḥ | jātāste darśanādeva svamuccaiḥ padamāśritāḥ
ตั้งแต่วันนี้เป็นต้นไป เหล่ามุนีผู้เป็นใหญ่ย่อมเป็นที่เคารพและควรแก่การบูชาในโลกทั้งหลาย เพียงด้วยการได้เห็นพระองค์เท่านั้น พวกท่านก็ได้บรรลุฐานะอันสูงส่งของตน และเข้าพึ่งพาสถานอันสูงสุด
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating the Purāṇic account to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Sthala Purana: General statement of darśana-phala: sages become pūjya and attain an exalted pada by Śiva’s mere sight—an archetypal Purāṇic motif of sanctification through divine encounter.
Significance: Affirms that contact with Śiva (darśana) elevates even the already-great; inspires pilgrimage as a means of receiving sanctifying presence and inner ‘highest station’.
Role: liberating
FAQs
It highlights Śiva’s anugraha (grace): mere darśana of the Divine can transform seekers, making them worthy of honor and lifting them toward an exalted spiritual state.
It supports Saguna worship through presence and darśana—whether of Śiva personally or through the Śivaliṅga—teaching that reverent encounter with Śiva’s manifest form purifies and elevates the devotee.
Seek Śiva-darśana through daily Liṅga-pūjā with devotion—optionally with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma), Rudrākṣa, and japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—as a direct practice of receiving grace.