Shloka 22

देवस्तुतिः (Devastuti) — Hymn/Praise of the Devas

Devanagari script

संकर्षणाय देवाय नमस्ते कंसनाशिने । चाणूरमर्दिने तुभ्यं दामोदर विषादिने

Transliteration

saṃkarṣaṇāya devāya namaste kaṃsanāśine | cāṇūramardine tubhyaṃ dāmodara viṣādine

Translation

السلامُ لكَ يا سَنْكَرْشَنَ الإلهي، يا مُهلِكَ كَمْسَا. يا من سَحَقَ تشانُورَا، إليكَ أنحني، يا دامودَرَا، يا ربًّا يتقبّلُ بحنانٍ حزنَ العالم.

Word by Word

• संकर्षणाय: to Saṅkarṣaṇa
• संकर्षणाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकर्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• देवाय: to the god
• देवाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Bhava (भाव/उद्गार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; ‘ते’ = to you

• कंसनाशिने: to the slayer of Kaṃsa
• कंसनाशिने: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंसनाशिन् (प्रातिपदिक; कंस + नाशिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कंसस्य नाशिन् = destroyer of Kaṃsa)

• चाणूरमर्दिने: to the crusher of Cāṇūra
• चाणूरमर्दिने: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चाणूरमर्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक; चाणूर + मर्दिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (चाणूरस्य मर्दिन्)

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• दामोदर: O Dāmodara
• दामोदर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दामोदर (प्रातिपदिक; दामन् + उदर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दाम्ना उदरं यस्य/दाम्नः उदरम् इति व्युत्पत्तिः)

• विषादिने: to the afflicter / sorrow-causer
• विषादिने: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषादिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; ‘विषादिन्’ = causing sorrow/affliction (or sorrowful)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Ananta (as Saṅkarṣaṇa)

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: saṃkarṣaṇāya devāya namaste kaṃsanāśine | cāṇūramardine tubhyaṃ dāmodara viṣādine

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Saṅkarṣaṇa
• Kaṃsa
• Cāṇūra
• Dāmodara

FAQs

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

It models stuti (devotional praise) through divine names, teaching that sincere salutations and remembrance of the Lord’s qualities dissolve fear and inner bondage (pāśa), aligning the soul toward grace and liberation.

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

Though the names here praise a personal, attribute-endowed (saguṇa) deity, the Shiva Purana frequently uses such stuti as a devotional method that ultimately leads the seeker to Shiva’s highest reality (Pati) and to Linga-worship as a focused symbol of the Absolute.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice nāma-japa of the praised epithets with bhakti, and in a Shaiva mode pair it with “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” applying tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and offering water to the Śiva-liṅga as an act of surrender.