Shloka 61

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

Devanagari script

चन्द्रः सूर्यः शनिः केतुर् विरामो विद्रुमच्छविः भक्तिगम्यः परं ब्रह्म मृगबाणार्पणो ऽनघः

Transliteration

candraḥ sūryaḥ śaniḥ ketur virāmo vidrumacchaviḥ bhaktigamyaḥ paraṃ brahma mṛgabāṇārpaṇo 'naghaḥ

Translation

He is the Moon, the Sun, Saturn, and Ketu; He is Rest itself—the cessation of agitation. Coral-hued in radiance, He is attained through devotion alone. He is the Supreme Brahman, the stainless Lord, to whom even the hunter’s arrow-offering becomes an oblation.

Word by Word

• चन्द्रः: the Moon

• सूर्यः: the Sun

• शनिः: Saturn

• केतुः: Ketu (the descending lunar node/comet-like power)

• विरामः: cessation, rest, pause (quiescence of movement)

• विद्रुमच्छविः: having the lustre/color of coral

• भक्तिगम्यः: attainable through bhakti (devotion)

• परं ब्रह्म: the Supreme Brahman

• मृगबाणार्पणः: one to whom an offering of a hunter’s arrow (mṛga-bāṇa) is made / who accepts even such an offering

• अनघः: sinless, stainless, faultless

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya; embedded stotra-style enumeration of Shiva’s names)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames the Linga’s Lord (Pati) as the cosmic source behind planetary powers and as the Supreme Brahman, emphasizing that Linga-puja succeeds primarily through bhakti rather than external status or perfection of offerings.

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

Shiva is presented as immanent in cosmic forces (Moon, Sun, Saturn, Ketu) yet transcendent as paraṃ brahma; as virāma, He is the quiescent ground where pasha-driven agitation ceases for the pashu who turns to Him.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The key practice is bhakti as the direct means (bhaktigamyaḥ) to reach Shiva; yogically, virāma points to inner cessation—stilling the mind and karmic impulses—aligned with Pashupata-oriented discipline centered on the Lord as Pati.