Shloka 4
Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच वानप्रस्थेषु यो धर्मस्तं मे शूणु समाहिता । श्रुत्वा चैकमना देवि धर्मबुद्धिपरा भव
śrīmaheśvara uvāca | vānaprastheṣu yo dharmas taṃ me śṛṇu samāhitā | śrutvā caikamanā devi dharmabuddhiparā bhava ||
圣摩醯湿伐罗说道：“女神啊，当以安定摄持之心听我宣说为居家者与林居者（vānaprastha）所规定的法。听毕，当令心一境，并使你的理解牢牢安住于正法（dharma）。”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes disciplined listening and single-minded attention as prerequisites for understanding and practicing dharma, specifically the duties connected with the vānaprastha (forest-dweller) stage (and by extension the regulated life of householders transitioning toward renunciation).
Śiva (Śrī Maheśvara) addresses Devī and begins an instructional discourse, inviting her to listen attentively while he outlines the dharma of vānaprasthas (and related āśrama duties), framing the teaching as an ethical-spiritual guideline.