Shloka 65
उपमन्युकुमारस्य क्षीरार्थ-प्रार्थना तथा शिवप्रसाद-निबन्धनम् | Upamanyu’s Longing for Milk and the Doctrine of Shiva’s Grace
उपमन्युरुवाच । प्रसीद देवदेवेश प्रसीद परमेश्वर । स्वभक्तिन्देहि परमां दिव्यामव्यभिचारिणीम्
upamanyuruvāca | prasīda devadeveśa prasīda parameśvara | svabhaktindehi paramāṃ divyāmavyabhicāriṇīm
Upamanyu thưa: “Xin Ngài đoái thương, hỡi Chúa tể của chư thiên; xin Ngài đoái thương, hỡi Đấng Tối Thượng. Xin ban cho con chính lòng sùng kính đối với Ngài—tối thượng, thiêng liêng, và bất thoái, không hề rời Ngài.”
Upamanyu
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Significance: The verse frames the core Siddhāntic goal: receiving Śiva’s anugraha as unwavering bhakti (exclusive devotion), which is itself a means toward liberation (mokṣa) by loosening pāśa (bondage).
Mantra: प्रसीद देवदेवेश प्रसीद परमेश्वर । स्वभक्तिन्देहि परमां दिव्यामव्यभिचारिणीम्
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
FAQs
The verse defines the highest ask in Shaiva devotion: not worldly boons, but Shiva’s grace that establishes supreme, divine, unwavering bhakti—seen as a direct means to purification and moksha under the Lord’s lordship (Pati).
By addressing Shiva as Devadeveśa and Parameśvara, the devotee approaches Saguna Shiva as the accessible Supreme; such prayer naturally culminates in steady Linga-worship where devotion becomes exclusive (avyabhicāriṇī) and continuous.
A practical takeaway is daily Shiva-upāsanā with single-pointed bhakti—regular japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and prayer for steadiness of devotion, rather than for changing external results.