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Shloka 39

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

नमः सिद्धाय मेध्याय इष्टायेज्यापराय च सुवीराय सुघोराय अक्षोभ्यक्षोभणाय च

namaḥ siddhāya medhyāya iṣṭāyejyāparāya ca suvīrāya sughorāya akṣobhyakṣobhaṇāya ca

Salutations to the Perfected One (Siddha), the Pure and the Sanctifier; to Him who is the desired goal and who is supreme in worship. Salutations to the noble Hero, the auspiciously Terrible; to the Unshakable Lord and to Him who makes all others tremble.

namaḥsalutations
namaḥ:
siddhāyato the Siddha/Perfected One (accomplished Pati)
siddhāya:
medhyāyato the purifying, ritually sanctifying One
medhyāya:
iṣṭāyato the desired, beloved goal
iṣṭāya:
ijyā-parāyato Him intent on worship/sacrificial adoration
ijyā-parāya:
su-vīrāyato the valiant, noble Hero
su-vīrāya:
su-ghorāyato the auspiciously fierce/terrible One
su-ghorāya:
akṣobhyāyato the unshakable, imperturbable One
akṣobhyāya:
akṣobhaṇāyato the shaker—He who causes agitation/trembling (in pashas and adversaries)
akṣobhaṇāya:
caand
ca:

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