Mahabharata Bibliomancy Reading
This oracle randomly points to a line from one of sacred books of Mahabharata. The surrounding lines are also provided for context.
Your passage is from BOOK 13 - ANUSASANA PARVA - SECTION CLXI.
This act of worship is said to gratify him highly.
Surrounding Context from
BOOK 13 - ANUSASANA PARVA - SECTION CLXI
The deities called Viswedevas reside in his body.
He is, for this, called Viswarupa (of universal form).
He is thousand-eyed; or, he is myriad-eyed; or, he has eyes on all sides and on every part of his body.
His energy issues through his eyes.
There is no end of his eyes.
Since he always nourishes all creatures and sports also with them, and since he is their lord or master, therefore he is called Pasupati (the lord of all creatures).
Since his emblem is always observant of the vow of Brahmacharya, all the worlds worship it accordingly.
This act of worship is said to gratify him highly.
If there is one who worship him by creating his image, another who worships his emblem, the latter it is that attains to great prosperity for ever.
The Rishis, the deities, the Gandharvas, and the Apsaras, worship that emblem of his which is ever erect and upraised.
If his emblem is worshipped, Maheswara becomes highly gratified with the worshipper.
Affectionate towards his devotees, he bestows happiness upon them with a cheerful soul.
This great god loves to reside in crematoria and there he burns and consumes all corpses.
Those persons that perform sacrifices on such grounds attain at the end to those regions which have been set apart for heroes.
Employed in his legitimate function, he it is that is regarded as the Death that resides in the bodies of all creatures.
