Shloka 25
नन्दी श्वरो महाकायो ग्रामणीर्वृषभध्वज: । ईश्वरा: सर्वलोकानां गणेश्व॒रविनायका:
nandīśvaro mahākāyo grāmaṇī vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ | īśvarāḥ sarvalokānāṃ gaṇeśvaravināyakāḥ, kīrtayan prayataḥ sarvān sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate |
Bhīṣma sprach: „Wer sich beherrscht und in reiner Absicht die Namen Śivas rezitiert—Nandīśvara, den Großleibigen, den Anführer der Scharen, den mit dem Stierbanner; den Herrn aller Welten; Gaṇeśvara und Vināyaka—, ja, wer so all diese göttlichen Mächte preist, wird von jeder Sünde befreit.“
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Disciplined and sincere recitation of divine names (especially Śiva and associated powers) is presented as a means of ethical purification—freeing a person from accumulated wrongdoing and strengthening commitment to dharma.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction (Anuśāsana Parva), he enumerates revered names/epithets connected with Śiva and his hosts, stating that a person who praises them with restraint and purity becomes liberated from all sins.