Shloka 28

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

नमो भूताय भव्याय महते प्रभवाय च जनाय च नमस्तुभ्यं तपसे वरदाय च

Transliteration

namo bhūtāya bhavyāya mahate prabhavāya ca janāya ca namastubhyaṃ tapase varadāya ca

Translation

السلامُ لكَ يا مَن أنتَ الماضي والمستقبل؛ يا عظيمًا، يا مصدرَ الوجود الأوّل. السلامُ لكَ يا مُولِّدَ الكائنات؛ ويا مَن يمنح ثمراتِ التَّبَس (tapas) عطايا وبركات.

Word by Word

• namo/namas: salutations

• bhūtāya: to the one who is the past/that which has become

• bhavyāya: to the one who is the future/that which will be

• mahate: to the Great One (Mahān/Mahādeva)

• prabhavāya: to the Origin/Source, the one from whom manifestation arises

• ca: and

• janāya: to the Begetter/Producer (of beings)

• tubhyaṃ: to You

• tapase: to tapas/austerity (and its power)

• varadāya: to the giver of boons

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shaiva stuti within the Purva-Bhaga context)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames Shiva as the timeless Pati—past and future, the supreme Source—so Linga-puja is presented as worship of the very ground of creation and the giver of spiritual fruition.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Shiva-tattva is praised as transcending time (bhūta/bhavya) while also being immanent as the causal Origin (prabhava) and generative power (jana), who alone can bestow the fruit of tapas—grace completing effort.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Tapas is highlighted: disciplined austerity and yogic restraint, whose siddhi and liberating fruit are affirmed to depend on Shiva’s varada-shakti (boon-giving grace) in a Pashupata-oriented view.