Shloka 37

विष्णुरुवाच—एकाक्षर-प्रणव-लिङ्ग-व्याप्ति-शिवस्तोत्रम्

Devanagari script

भुवनेशाय देवाय वेदशास्त्र नमो ऽस्तु ते सारङ्गाय नमस्तुभ्यं राजहंसाय ते नमः

Transliteration

bhuvaneśāya devāya vedaśāstra namo 'stu te sāraṅgāya namastubhyaṃ rājahaṃsāya te namaḥ

Translation

Verehrung Dir, dem Herrn der Welten, dem strahlenden Deva; Verehrung Dir als der eigentlichen Essenz von Veda und Śāstra. O Sāraṅga, ich verneige mich vor Dir; o Rājahaṃsa, Dir seien meine ehrfürchtigen Grüße.

Word by Word

• भुवनेशाय: to the Lord of the worlds

• देवाय: to the Divine One

• वेदशास्त्र: as Veda and sacred doctrine / the authority of revelation and teaching

• नमोऽस्तु ते: may homage be to You

• सारङ्गाय: to Sāraṅga (the one associated with the sāraṅga—deer/antelope/bird

• नमः तुभ्यम्: salutations to You

• राजहंसाय: to the royal Haṃsa (supreme discriminating swan

• ते नमः: to You, salutations.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a 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—the Pati—as the supreme Bhuvaneśa and as the very authority behind Veda and Śāstra, establishing that Linga-pūjā is not outside revelation but aligned with the highest scriptural truth.

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

Shiva is praised as the Lord of all worlds and as the inner essence of Vedic revelation and sacred teaching, indicating Him as the transcendent Pati who illumines and governs all pashus (souls) beyond pasha (bondage).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A stuti-based upāsanā is implied: recitation of divine epithets (nāma-stuti) as a limb of pūjā, cultivating viveka (haṃsa symbolism) that supports Pāśupata-aligned devotion and inner discernment.