Shloka 26

क्षुपस्य विष्णुदर्शनं, वैष्णवस्तोत्रं, दधीचविवादः, स्थानेश्वरतीर्थमाहात्म्यं

Devanagari script

शैलादिरुवाच ज्ञात्वा सो ऽपि दधीचस्य ह्य् अवध्यत्वं महात्मनः सस्मार च महेशस्य प्रभावमतुलं हरिः

Transliteration

śailādiruvāca jñātvā so 'pi dadhīcasya hy avadhyatvaṃ mahātmanaḥ sasmāra ca maheśasya prabhāvamatulaṃ hariḥ

Translation

尸罗阿底说道：既已知晓大心者达提契不可侵犯，诃利（毗湿奴）亦忆念摩诃伊湿伐罗——超越一切系缚之主宰“帕提”——那无与伦比的威德；唯凭其力，被缚之“帕舒”亦能超越一切看似“不可战胜”之相。

Word by Word

• शैलादिः उवाच: Śailādi said

• ज्ञात्वा: having known/understood

• सः अपि: he also

• दधीचस्य: of Dadhīci

• हि: indeed

• अवध्यत्वम्: the state of being unassailable/not to be slain

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one

• सस्मार: remembered/called to mind

• च: and

• महेशस्य: of Maheśa (Śiva)

• प्रभावम्: power, majesty, sovereign efficacy

• अतुलम्: incomparable

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)

Speaker

Śailādi

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vishnu
• Dadhichi
• Mahesha
• Hari

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It establishes that even when worldly powers appear ‘unassailable,’ liberation and true sovereignty rest in remembering Maheśa’s incomparable prabhāva—an inner act aligned with Linga-upāsanā, where the devotee turns from pasha-bound limits to Pati, the Supreme.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Shiva is implied as the unmatched source of prabhāva (sovereign efficacy), the Pati whose power surpasses all conditioned states; this frames Shiva-tattva as transcendent and uniquely capable of overriding the apparent absolutes of the manifested world.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Smaraṇa (remembrance) of Mahādeva is highlighted—an essential bhāva in Pāśupata-oriented sādhanā, where constant recollection of Pati weakens pasha (bondage) and steadies the pashu (soul) toward Shiva-centered realization.