Shloka 130

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

चतुःषष्टिप्रकाराय अकाराय नमोनमः द्वात्रिंशत्तत्त्वरूपाय उकाराय नमोनमः

Transliteration

catuḥṣaṣṭiprakārāya akārāya namonamaḥ dvātriṃśattattvarūpāya ukārāya namonamaḥ

Translation

Ehrerbietige Verneigung, immer wieder, vor der Silbe «A», die sich in vierundsechzig Weisen offenbart. Ehrerbietige Verneigung, immer wieder, vor der Silbe «U», deren Gestalt selbst die zweiunddreißig Tattvas sind—und die den Pati (Herrn) als Grund aller Prinzipien enthüllt, die das paśu (die Seele) binden und befreien.

Word by Word

• चतुःषष्टि (catuḥṣaṣṭi): sixty-four

• प्रकार (prakāra): modes/aspects

• -आय (-āya): unto/for

• अकार (akāra): the syllable ‘A’

• नमो नमः (namo namaḥ): repeated salutation

• द्वात्रिंशत् (dvātriṃśat): thirty-two

• तत्त्व (tattva): principle/category of reality

• रूप (rūpa): form/embodiment

• उकार (ukāra): the syllable ‘U’

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-mantra stuti within the Linga Purana discourse)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It sanctifies Linga-puja as mantra-centered worship: the devotee honors Shiva through primordial seed-syllables, contemplating how all manifested forms and categories arise and are resolved in the Lord.

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

By identifying ‘A’ and ‘U’ with comprehensive modes and tattvas, it presents Shiva as Pati—the substratum and master of the entire tattva-order that conditions the pashu, and the power that grants release from pasha.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Bija-akshara japa and tattva-dhyana: reciting and meditating on ‘A’ and ‘U’ as Shiva’s manifestations, a contemplative method aligned with Pashupata-style inner worship.