उपमन्युकुमारस्य क्षीरार्थ-प्रार्थना तथा शिवप्रसाद-निबन्धनम् | Upamanyu’s Longing for Milk and the Doctrine of Shiva’s Grace
क्षीरार्णवसहस्र्ं च दध्यादेवरर्णवन्तथा । भक्ष्यभोज्यार्णवन्तस्मै दर्शयामास स प्रभुः
kṣīrārṇavasahasrṃ ca dadhyādevararṇavantathā | bhakṣyabhojyārṇavantasmai darśayāmāsa sa prabhuḥ
اس پرَبھُو نے اسے ہزاروں دودھ کے سمندر دکھائے، اسی طرح دہی وغیرہ کے بہترین سمندر بھی؛ اور کھانے پینے کی نعمتوں کا ایک عظیم سمندر بھی اسے دکھا دیا۔
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahadeva
It portrays Shiva’s sovereign power to manifest limitless plenitude, teaching that all enjoyments and resources arise by the Lord’s grace; for the devotee, such visions point beyond sense-pleasure toward recognition of Pati (Shiva) as the ultimate source.
As Saguna Shiva, the compassionate Lord reveals tangible, perceivable forms of abundance; similarly, in Linga-worship the devotee approaches the formless Supreme through a sacred, accessible symbol and receives grace in a form suited to devotion.
The verse supports the practice of naivedya (food offering) to Shiva with the attitude that all nourishment belongs to Him; it can be paired with japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) while offering and mentally surrendering enjoyment to the Lord.