Shloka 38

क्षुपस्य विष्णुदर्शनं, वैष्णवस्तोत्रं, दधीचविवादः, स्थानेश्वरतीर्थमाहात्म्यं

Devanagari script

जाने तवैनां भगवन् भक्तवत्सलतां हरे स्थाने तवैषा भगवन् भक्तवात्सल्यता हरे

Transliteration

jāne tavaināṃ bhagavan bhaktavatsalatāṃ hare sthāne tavaiṣā bhagavan bhaktavātsalyatā hare

Translation

O Bhagavān, o Hara, ich weiß dies: Deine eigene Natur ist Zärtlichkeit gegenüber den Verehrern; ja, o Herr, nur in Dir wohnt diese tiefe, schützende Liebe zu Deinen Bhaktas.

Word by Word

• जाने (jāne): I know

• तव (tava): your

• एनाम् (enām): this

• भगवन् (bhagavan): O Blessed Lord

• भक्तवत्सलताम् (bhaktavatsalatām): affection for devotees

• हरे (hare): O Hara (Shiva, the Remover)

• स्थाने (sthāne): in (your) proper place/nature

• तव (tava): your

• एषा (eṣā): this

• भगवन् (bhagavan): O Lord

• भक्तवात्सल्यता (bhaktavātsalyatā): tender love toward devotees

• हरे (hare): O Hara

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the internal praise of Shiva as Bhakta-vatsala)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva (Hara)

FAQs

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

It frames Linga-pūjā as a grace-centered practice: the devotee approaches Hara not merely through ritual, but through bhakti that draws the Lord’s bhakta-vātsalya (protective compassion).

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

Shiva is presented as Pati whose intrinsic quality is anugraha—loving concern for devotees—by which the pashu (soul) is cared for and gradually freed from pasha (bondage).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The implied sādhana is śaraṇāgati (surrender) and bhakti as the inner limb of pūjā; this devotional orientation is also foundational to Pāśupata discipline where grace ripens liberation.