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 //
اے ہماچل! میری بات سنو—اس دیوی کا شوہر کبھی پیدا ہی نہیں ہوا۔ مہادیو اَجنما ہیں؛ ماضی، مستقبل اور حال انہی سے ظہور پاتے ہیں۔ وہی پناہ دینے والے، ازلی حاکم و شارع، شنکر، پرمیشور ہیں۔
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.