Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 70

Śiva-nāma-sahasraka-kathana

The Recital/Teaching of the Thousand Names of Śiva

Devanagari script

पवित्रः पापहारी च मणिपूरो नभोगतिः । हृत्पुंडरीकमासीनः शक्रः शांतो वृषाकपिः

Transliteration

pavitraḥ pāpahārī ca maṇipūro nabhogatiḥ | hṛtpuṃḍarīkamāsīnaḥ śakraḥ śāṃto vṛṣākapiḥ

Translation

هو الطاهر ومزيل الخطيئة؛ وهو مانيپورا (Maṇipūra) والسائر في الفضاء. جالسٌ على لوتس القلب، هو شَكْرَة (Śakra) الربّ الجبّار؛ وهو الساكن؛ وهو ڤِرْشاكَپِي (Vṛṣākapi) ذو شعار الثور.

Word by Word

• पवित्रः: pure
• पवित्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• पाप-हारी: remover of sin
• पाप-हारी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + हारिन् (हृ धातु/हारि-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (पापं हरति इति)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मणि-पूरः: Maṇipūra (name/center)
• मणि-पूरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि + पूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मणीनां पूरः/मणि-सम्बद्धः पूरः)

• नभो-गतिः: movement in the sky
• नभो-गतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस् + गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-भावः (नभसि/नभसः गतिः)

• हृत्-पुण्डरीक-आसीनः: seated in the lotus of the heart
• हृत्-पुण्डरीक-आसीनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृत् + पुण्डरीक + आसीन (आस् धातु, क्त; कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (हृत्पुण्डरीके आसीनः = seated in the heart-lotus); आसीन = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शान्तः: peaceful
• शान्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त (शम् धातु, क्त; कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• वृषा-कपिः: Vṛṣākapi (a divine epithet)
• वृषा-कपिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषा + कपि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (वृषा इव कपिः/वृषा-नामकः कपिः)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: The verse internalizes Śiva as seated in the heart-lotus (hṛtpuṇḍarīka), aligning more with yogic/ācārya symbolism than with a jyotirliṅga locale.

Significance: Heart-centered contemplation of Śiva as pāpahārī is treated as inner tīrtha: purification and śānti culminating in grace (anugraha).

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: dhupa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Nandi

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

The verse presents Shiva as both transcendent and immanent: the purifier who destroys karmic sin (pāpahārī) and the indwelling Lord seated in the heart-lotus, indicating that liberation arises through inner devotion and grace (Pati) rather than mere external identity.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

These are Saguna epithets used for upāsanā: devotees praise Shiva’s auspicious qualities—purity, peace, sovereignty, and the bull-emblem—while worshipping the Śiva-liṅga as the accessible form through which the formless Lord bestows purification and moksha.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva seated in the hṛtpuṇḍarīka (heart-lotus) while repeating the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and accompany it with simple Liṅga-pūjā (water/ablution) to cultivate śānti (inner tranquility) and pāpa-kṣaya (dissolution of sin).