Shloka 61
Aśvatthāmā’s Stuti of Rudra and Śiva’s Empowerment (सौप्तिकपर्व, अध्याय ७)
तमूर्ध्वबाहुं निश्चेष्टं दृष्टया हविरुपस्थितम् । अब्रवीद् भगवान् साक्षान्महादेवो हसन्निव
tam ūrdhvabāhuṁ niśceṣṭaṁ dṛṣṭvā havir upasthitam | abravīd bhagavān sākṣān mahādevo hasann iva ||
三阇耶说道：“见他如祭品般端坐——双臂高举，纹丝不动——福德的大天（摩诃提婆）亲临其处，仿佛带着一丝微笑开口说道。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames helpless surrender in ritual terms: a person becomes like an oblation (havis), and the divine responds directly. It hints that even in the aftermath of violent, ethically fraught actions, humility and recognition of one’s powerlessness can open the way for guidance—though it does not erase prior wrongdoing.
Sañjaya narrates that Mahādeva (Śiva) sees a figure seated motionless with raised arms, resembling an offering presented in sacrifice, and Śiva then addresses him, appearing to smile as he speaks.