श्रीदेव्युवाच । देवदेव महादेव देवतानां गुरोर्गुरो । वक्ता त्वं सर्वशास्त्राणां मन्त्राणां साधनस्य च ॥ १ ॥
śrīdēvyuvāca | dēvadēva mahādēva dēvatānāṁ gurōrgurō | vaktā tvaṁ sarvaśāstrāṇāṁ mantrāṇāṁ sādhanasya ca || 1 ||
Translation
Śrī Devī said: O god of gods, Mahādeva, guru of the guru of the gods! You are the teacher of all the scriptures, of the mantras and of their practice.
Word by word
- śrīdēvyuvāca
- Śrī Devī said
- dēvadēva
- O god of gods
- mahādēva
- O Mahādeva
- dēvatānāṁ
- of the gods
- gurōrgurō
- O guru of the guru
- vaktā
- the speaker, teacher
- tvaṁ
- you
- sarvaśāstrāṇāṁ
- of all the scriptures
- mantrāṇāṁ
- of the mantras
- sādhanasya
- of their practice
- ca
- and
Meaning
Having heard that the Supreme Self alone is to be meditated on and worshipped, and is easily worshipped, the Goddess now asks how. The "guru of the gods" is Bṛhaspati, so Śiva is the guru even of him.