Shloka 144

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

एकाक्षाय नमस्तुभ्यम् एकरुद्राय ते नमः नमस्त्रिमूर्तये तुभ्यं श्रीकण्ठाय शिखण्डिने

Transliteration

ekākṣāya namastubhyam ekarudrāya te namaḥ namastrimūrtaye tubhyaṃ śrīkaṇṭhāya śikhaṇḍine

Translation

نَمَسْتُ لكَ يا ذا العينِ الواحدة؛ نَمَسْتُ لكَ يا رودرا الواحد. نَمَسْتُ لكَ يا صاحبَ الصورِ الثلاث (براهما، فيشنو، ورودرا). نَمَسْتُ لِشْرِيكَنْثَا، صاحبِ الحنجرةِ المباركة؛ ونَمَسْتُ للربِّ المتوَّج، ذي التاجِ المزيَّن بريشِ الطاووس.

Word by Word

• एकाक्षाय: to the One-Eyed (Lord Shiva)

• नमः: salutations

• तुभ्यम्: to You

• एकरुद्राय: to the One Rudra (the sole supreme Rudra)

• ते: to You/for You

• नमस्त्रिमूर्तये: salutations to the Tri-Mūrti-formed One

• त्रिमूर्तये: to the one of three forms

• श्रीकण्ठाय: to Śrīkaṇṭha (the auspicious-throated)

• शिखण्डिने: to the crested one, wearer of a plume/diadem (Shiva)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-stuti within the Purva-Bhaga discourse)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Rudra
• Trimurti

FAQs

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

It functions as a namaskāra-stuti: by saluting Shiva as the sole Rudra and the inner reality of the Trimūrti, the devotee recognizes the Linga as Pati (the Lord) beyond all forms, making worship non-sectarian yet Shaiva in siddhānta.

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

Shiva is praised as Eka-Rudra (the one supreme Lord) and also as Trimūrti (the source and indweller of creation, preservation, and dissolution), indicating that the apparent plurality of deities is upheld by one Pati-consciousness.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Stuti and nāma-smaraṇa are highlighted as preparatory limbs of Linga-pūjā and Pāśupata orientation—purifying the pashu (soul) and loosening pāśa (bondage) through focused remembrance of Pati’s epithets.