Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa
Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results
वेदाक्ष॒ सोपनिषदो विद्या सावित्र्यथापि च । भूतं भव्यं भविष्यं च दधार भगवान् शिव:
vedākṣa sopaniṣado vidyā sāvitrī athāpi ca | bhūtaṁ bhavyaṁ bhaviṣyaṁ ca dadhāra bhagavān śivaḥ ||
婆悉吒说道:“诸吠陀连同其奥义书,以及圣学——连同萨维特丽女神——都在彼处现前。福德之主湿婆于自身之中承载三重时间之流:已然之事、当下之事、以及未至之事。”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
The verse elevates Śiva as the cosmic ground who sustains all time—past, present, and future—while also affirming the sanctity of Vedic revelation (Vedas with Upaniṣads), spiritual knowledge (vidyā), and the Sāvitrī/Gāyatrī tradition as converging in the divine presence.
Vasiṣṭha describes a sacred scene where the highest scriptural authorities (Vedas and Upaniṣads), embodied knowledge (vidyā), and Sāvitrī are present, and he portrays Śiva as encompassing the entire flow of time, underscoring Śiva’s supreme, all-sustaining status.