Shloka 12
सगरोपाख्यानम् — कपिलकोपः, अंशुमतः विनयः, तथा भगीरथपरम्परा
Sagara Upākhyāna: Kapila’s Wrath, Aṃśumān’s Reverence, and the Bhāgīratha Line
शंकरं भवमीशानं शूलपारणिं पिनाकिनम् । त्रयम्बकं शिवमुग्रेशं बहुरूपमुमापतिम्
śaṅkaraṁ bhavam īśānaṁ śūlapāṇiṁ pinākinam | trayambakaṁ śivam ugraśaṁ bahurūpam umāpatim ||
Lomaśa said: “(I praise) Śaṅkara—Bhava, Īśāna—he who bears the trident, the wielder of Pināka; the three-eyed one, auspicious yet terrible in power; the many-formed Lord, the husband of Umā.”
लोगश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches devotional orientation and humility: by remembering Śiva in his many aspects—benevolent and fierce, immanent and transcendent—one seeks protection, inner steadiness, and moral clarity during adversity.
Lomaśa is offering a praise-invocation (stuti) of Śiva, listing his epithets and divine attributes (trident, Pināka bow, three eyes, many forms, consort of Umā), typically to sanctify the moment and invoke divine support within the forest-journey context of the Pāṇḍavas.