Shloka 197

Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ

Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony

Devanagari script

भूतभावनभावज्ञ सर्वभूताभिभावनम्‌ | सर्वगं सर्वदं देवं पूजयामि पुरन्दर

Transliteration

bhūtabhāvanabhāvajña sarvabhūtābhibhāvanam | sarvagaṃ sarvadaṃ devaṃ pūjayāmi purandara ||

Translation

اے پُرندر! جو تمام بھوتوں کا پیدا کرنے والا اور ان کے باطن کے بھاؤ جاننے والا ہے؛ جو تمام جانداروں کے مغلوب ہو کر لَے ہونے کا بھی آخری سہارا ہے؛ جو ہمہ گیر اور ہر نعمت دینے والا دیو ہے—اسی مہادیو کی میں پوجا کرتا ہوں۔

Word by Word

• भूत: of beings
• भूत: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• भावन: producer/nurturer
• भावन: Visheshana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भावन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भाव: of mental states/feelings
• भाव: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• ज्ञ: knower
• ज्ञ: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्व: of all
• सर्व: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• भूत: of beings
• भूत: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अभिभावनम्: overpowering/bringing to dissolution
• अभिभावनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिभावन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वगम्: all-pervading
• सर्वगम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वदम्: giver of all
• सर्वदम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पूजयामि: I worship
• पूजयामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुरन्दर: O Purandara
• पुरन्दर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरन्दर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पुरन्दर: O Purandara
• पुरन्दर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरन्दर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

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

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.