Shloka 64
प्रणवार्थ-शिवतत्त्व-निर्णयः
The Determination of Śiva as the Meaning of Praṇava
यत्पादपद्मस्मरणाद्यस्य नामजपादपि । न्यूनं कर्म भवेत्पूर्णन्तं वन्दे साम्बमीश्वरम्
yatpādapadmasmaraṇādyasya nāmajapādapi | nyūnaṃ karma bhavetpūrṇantaṃ vande sāmbamīśvaram
I bow to Lord Īśvara—Śiva united with Umā—by the remembrance of whose lotus-feet, and even by the repetition of whose Name, whatever worship or spiritual practice is deficient becomes complete.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Significance: Nāma-japa and pāda-smaraṇa are presented as completing deficient rites; pilgrimage is interiorized as remembrance of the Lord’s feet.
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Umā
Role: liberating
FAQs
The verse teaches that devotion (bhakti) to Pati—through pāda-smaraṇa (remembering Shiva’s feet) and nāma-japa—has the power to perfect what is lacking in one’s ritual or discipline, because grace completes human effort.
It affirms Saguna worship: Shiva as Īśvara “with Umā” (Sāmba) is approached through accessible practices like remembrance and name-recitation, which support and even compensate for incomplete external observances such as Linga-pūjā when performed with sincere devotion.
Practice nāma-japa of Shiva (classically the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and pāda-smaraṇa—steady contemplation of Shiva’s lotus-feet—as a daily sādhanā, especially when one cannot perform full ritual procedures.