Matsya Purana — The Strategy to Defeat Tāraka: Pārvatī’s Birth, Shloka 178
न जातो ऽस्याः पतिर्देव्या यन्मयोक्तं हिमाचल न स जातो महादेवो भूतभव्यभवोद्भवः शरण्यः शाश्वतः शास्ता शंकरः परमेश्वरः //
na jāto 'syāḥ patirdevyā yanmayoktaṃ himācala na sa jāto mahādevo bhūtabhavyabhavodbhavaḥ śaraṇyaḥ śāśvataḥ śāstā śaṃkaraḥ parameśvaraḥ //
O Himācala, ito ang aking sinabi: para sa Diyosa na ito, walang asawang kailanman isinilang. Si Mahādeva ay hindi isinilang—mula sa Kanya sumisibol ang nakaraan, hinaharap, at kasalukuyan; Siya ang kanlungan ng lahat, ang walang hanggan na Tagapamahala at Tagapag-utos; si Śaṅkara, ang Kataas-taasang Panginoon.
FAQs
It presents Mahādeva as the ultimate source from whom time—past, present, and future—arises, implying supremacy beyond cyclical creation and dissolution.
By calling Śiva the eternal Śāstā (ordainer), the verse frames dharma as rooted in a transcendent authority—encouraging rulers and householders to align conduct with the highest moral order and seek refuge (śaraṇa) in the divine.
While no Vāstu rule is stated directly, the verse functions as a stuti used in ritual contexts—supporting Shaiva worship where temples and consecrations invoke Śaṅkara as Parameśvara, the eternal presiding deity.