Shloka 74

अध्याय ९६: शरभ-प्रादुर्भावः, नृसिंह-दर्पशमनम्, विष्णोः शिवस्तुतिः, फलश्रुति

Devanagari script

उड्डीयोड्डीय भगवान् पक्षाघातविमोहितम् हरिं हरन्तं वृषभं विश्वेशानं तमीश्वरम्

Transliteration

uḍḍīyoḍḍīya bhagavān pakṣāghātavimohitam hariṃ harantaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ viśveśānaṃ tamīśvaram

Translation

Soaring again and again, the Blessed Lord—Viśveśvara, the Supreme Īśvara—bewildered Hari with the blows of his wings and carried him away to the Bull (Vṛṣabha), the Lord of the universe.

Word by Word

• uḍḍīya-uḍḍīya: having flown up repeatedly, soaring again and again

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord, the Supreme One

• pakṣāghāta: striking the wings / a blow to the wings

• vimohitam: deluded, bewildered, stupefied

• harim: Hari (Viṣṇu)

• harantam: carrying away, removing, taking

• vṛṣabham: the Bull (Nandin / the bull-emblem of Śiva), also ‘bull-bannered Lord’

• viśveśānam: Lord of the universe (Viśveśvara)

• tam: that (Lord)

• īśvaram: the Sovereign Lord (Pati)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vishnu
• Nandi
• Vishveshvara

FAQs

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

It frames Viśveśvara (the Lord as Pati) as the one who dispels delusion and establishes right orientation toward Śiva—an inner prerequisite for true Liṅga-upāsanā beyond mere external ritual.

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

Śiva is presented as Īśvara/Viśveśvara: the sovereign controller who can remove moha (vimohana) even from exalted beings like Hari, revealing Pati’s transcendence over all conditioned agency.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The implied practice is moha-kṣaya (dissolution of delusion) through Śiva’s anugraha (grace), a key Shaiva-Siddhānta and Pāśupata theme: liberation of the paśu occurs when pśa (bondage) is cut by the Lord’s power.