Shloka 3
सृष्टिवर्णनम्
Cosmogony and the Roles of the Trimūrti
सूत उवाच । मुने शृणु कथां दिव्यां सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम् । कथ्यमानां मया चित्रां बह्वर्थां श्रुतविस्तराम्
sūta uvāca | mune śṛṇu kathāṃ divyāṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm | kathyamānāṃ mayā citrāṃ bahvarthāṃ śrutavistarām
سوت نے کہا—اے مُنی، اس الٰہی حکایت کو سنو جو تمام گناہوں کا نाश کرنے والی ہے۔ میری روایت میں یہ قصہ عجیب، کثیر المعانی اور شروتی کی روایت میں وسیع ہے۔
Suta Goswami (Sūta)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
FAQs
It glorifies śravaṇa (devotional listening) of a Shiva-centered divine narrative as a purifier that destroys pāpa and opens the listener to deeper, multi-layered spiritual meaning.
By presenting the kathā as sin-destroying and divinely transmitted, it frames Saguna Shiva devotion—often expressed through Linga worship—as a valid and potent means for purification and inner transformation.
Regular śravaṇa of Shiva Purana kathā with faith and concentration—ideally supported by japa of “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—is implied as the practical takeaway.