Shloka 64
प्रणवार्थ-शिवतत्त्व-निर्णयः
The Determination of Śiva as the Meaning of Praṇava
यत्पादपद्मस्मरणाद्यस्य नामजपादपि । न्यूनं कर्म भवेत्पूर्णन्तं वन्दे साम्बमीश्वरम्
yatpādapadmasmaraṇādyasya nāmajapādapi | nyūnaṃ karma bhavetpūrṇantaṃ vande sāmbamīśvaram
Ich verneige mich vor dem Herrn Īśvara—Śiva, vereint mit Umā—denn durch das Gedenken an seine lotosgleichen Füße, ja selbst durch die Wiederholung seines Namens, wird jedes unvollkommene Werk der Verehrung und jede Übung zur Vollendung gebracht.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Significance: Nāma-japa and pāda-smaraṇa are presented as completing deficient rites; pilgrimage is interiorized as remembrance of the Lord’s feet.
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Umā
Role: liberating
FAQs
The verse teaches that devotion (bhakti) to Pati—through pāda-smaraṇa (remembering Shiva’s feet) and nāma-japa—has the power to perfect what is lacking in one’s ritual or discipline, because grace completes human effort.
It affirms Saguna worship: Shiva as Īśvara “with Umā” (Sāmba) is approached through accessible practices like remembrance and name-recitation, which support and even compensate for incomplete external observances such as Linga-pūjā when performed with sincere devotion.
Practice nāma-japa of Shiva (classically the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and pāda-smaraṇa—steady contemplation of Shiva’s lotus-feet—as a daily sādhanā, especially when one cannot perform full ritual procedures.