Shloka 15

Adhyaya 44: Nandikesvara’s Manifestation and Abhisheka; The Rule of Namaskara in Shiva-Nama

Devanagari script

शृणुध्वं यत्कृते यूयम् इहाहूता जगद्धिताः श्रुत्वा च प्रयतात्मानः कुरुध्वं तदशङ्किताः

Transliteration

śṛṇudhvaṃ yatkṛte yūyam ihāhūtā jagaddhitāḥ śrutvā ca prayatātmānaḥ kurudhvaṃ tadaśaṅkitāḥ

Translation

Hört den Zweck, um dessentwillen ihr—Wohltäter der Welten—hierher gerufen wurdet. Nachdem ihr ihn vernommen habt, vollzieht ihn mit gezügeltem Geist, ohne Zweifel und ohne Zögern.

Word by Word

• शृणुध्वम्: listen (all of you)

• यत्कृते: for which purpose

• यूयम्: you

• इह: here

• आहूताः: summoned/called

• जगद्धिताः: devoted to the welfare of the universe

• श्रुत्वा: having heard

• च: and

• प्रयतात्मानः: self-restrained, purified in mind

• कुरुध्वम्: do/perform

• तत्: that (task/command)

• अशङ्किताः: without fear, without doubt

Speaker

Shiva (as Pati, issuing instruction to the assembled devas/gana-s for jagad-hita)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Shiva’s ājñā (command) as the basis of right action: devotees and divine beings serve jagad-hita with a purified mind, which is the inner spirit behind Linga-pūjā—service offered to Pati without doubt.

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

Shiva appears as Pati—the sovereign guide who summons beings for cosmic welfare and directs them toward dharmic action; his word steadies the pashu (soul) and loosens pasha (bondage) through clarity and resolve.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The yogic discipline of prayatātman—self-restraint and mental purification—followed by aśaṅkita-kriyā (fearless, doubtless performance of duty), aligning with the Pāśupata ethos of action rooted in Shiva’s injunction.