श्रीदेव्युवाच ।
देवदेव महादेव देवतानां गुरोर्गुरो ।
वक्ता त्वं सर्वशास्त्राणां मन्त्राणां साधनस्य च ॥१॥
śrīdevyuvāca |
devadeva mahādeva devatānāṃ gurorguro |
vaktā tvaṃ sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ mantrāṇāṃ sādhanasya ca ||1||
The revered Goddess said: O god of gods, Mahādeva, guru of the gurus of the deities, you are the proclaimer of all the scriptures, of the mantras, and of the means.