[Advaita-l] Who is worthy of worship by Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva? Bhaagavatam replies.

[V Subrahmanian]

Here is a line from the Bhagavatam, in the link provided already:

रुद्रं त्रिलोकैकगुरुं ननाम शिरसा मुनिः ॥ १४ ॥

Suta says: Markandeya prostrated before Rudra who is 'Trilokaika-guru',
which means: the Only Guru for all the Three Worlds.

This expression, an epithet to Rudra by Veda Vyasa, reminds us of a similar
epithet used by Sarvajnaatman, the 10th Century CE Advaitin, in his
Sankshepa shaariraka, to Vishnu, his ishta devataa.

regards
subbu

On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 1:25 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> In the chapter no.30 of the 12th canto of the Srimadbhagavatam, there is
> the narration of Markandeya's penance and Parameshwara's blessings to him
> in response thereof:
> https://sa.wikisource.org/s/ttl
>
> The English translation is available here:
>
> http://bhagavata.org/canto12/chapter10.html#Text%2023
>
> Some highlights:
>
> सूत उवाच -
> इत्युक्त्वा तमुपेयाय भगवान् स सतां गतिः ।
>  *ईशानः सर्वविद्यानां ईश्वरः सर्वदेहिनाम् ॥* ८ ॥
>
> While saying that Shiva, along with Parvati, arrived there to bless
> Markandeya, Suuta paraphrases the famous Taittiriya Aranyaka mantra:
> (सद्योजातं प्रपद्यामि......) ईशानः सर्वविद्यानाम् ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानाम्...that
> is chanted during Rudra Abhishekam, during bhasma dharanam by vaidikas,
> etc.
>
>
>
>