Shloka 89

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

Devanagari script

भिषक्तमाय मुण्डाय दण्डिने योगरूपिणे मेघवाहाय देवाय पार्वतीपतये नमः

Transliteration

bhiṣaktamāya muṇḍāya daṇḍine yogarūpiṇe meghavāhāya devāya pārvatīpataye namaḥ

Translation

Salutations to the divine Lord—supreme Physician beyond all illusion; the ascetic with the shaven head; the bearer of the staff of discipline; whose very essence is Yoga; who rides upon the cloud; and who is the Consort of Pārvatī—the Pati who liberates the paśu-souls from pāśa-bondage.

Word by Word

• भिषक्तमाय (bhiṣaktamāya): the supreme physician beyond māyā / healer of bondage

• मुण्डाय (muṇḍāya): to the shaven-headed ascetic

• दण्डिने (daṇḍine): to the staff-bearer / wielder of discipline and restraint

• योगरूपिणे (yogarūpiṇe): whose form is Yoga / embodiment of yogic realization

• मेघवाहाय (meghavāhāya): to the cloud-borne one / rider of the clouds

• देवाय (devāya): to the luminous Lord (Deva)

• पार्वतीपतये (pārvatīpataye): to the husband of Pārvatī (Shiva as Pati)

• नमः (namaḥ): salutations

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-stuti within the Linga Purana’s devotional sequence)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It functions as a namaskāra-mantra praising Shiva’s saving powers: as Bhishak (healer) and Pati (Lord), he removes pāśa (bondage) from the paśu (soul), which is the inner aim of Linga-pūjā.

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

Shiva is presented as Pati—the sovereign divine consciousness—who is beyond māyā yet compassionately cures the soul’s afflictions, and as Yogarūpin, the very ground of yogic realization rather than merely an object of meditation.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse highlights Pāśupata-oriented discipline (daṇḍin—restraint and rule) and Yoga as Shiva’s own form, implying that mantra-recitation with inner niyama and yogic absorption is integral to Shaiva pūjā.