Shloka 20
उपमन्युकुमारस्य क्षीरार्थ-प्रार्थना तथा शिवप्रसाद-निबन्धनम् | Upamanyu’s Longing for Milk and the Doctrine of Shiva’s Grace
शिवा शचीस्वरूपाभूद्गणाः सर्वेऽभवन्सुराः । ऐरावतगजो नन्दी सर्वमेव च तन्मयम्
śivā śacīsvarūpābhūdgaṇāḥ sarve'bhavansurāḥ | airāvatagajo nandī sarvameva ca tanmayam
Si Śivā ay nag-anyong Śacī, at ang lahat ng mga Gaṇa ay naging mga Deva. Si Nandī ay naging si Airāvata, ang elepanteng makalangit; tunay na ang lahat doon ay napuspos at nabago sa mismong banal na kalagayang iyon.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: teaching
Cosmic Event: Total ‘tanmayatā’ (pervasion) of the scene by the adopted deva-state—mythic transformation tableau
FAQs
It illustrates Śiva’s sovereign power to manifest and reconfigure cosmic roles—showing that all beings and offices (Devas, attendants, vehicles) ultimately derive their potency from Śiva-Śakti and can be absorbed into that divine state (tanmayatva).
The verse emphasizes Saguna līlā—Śiva and Śakti taking specific forms and transforming the retinue and symbols around them—supporting devotional worship where the devotee recognizes all forms as expressions of the one Lord represented in the Liṅga.
Meditate on “tanmayam”—seeing all names and forms as pervaded by Śiva—while repeating the Pañcākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and cultivating inner identification with Śiva rather than mere external distinctions.