Shloka 45

Śiva-nāma-sahasraka-kathana

The Recital/Teaching of the Thousand Names of Śiva

Devanagari script

तेजस्तेजो द्युतिधरो जनकः सर्वशासकः । नृत्यप्रियो नृत्यनित्यः प्रकाशात्मा प्रकाशकः

Transliteration

tejastejo dyutidharo janakaḥ sarvaśāsakaḥ | nṛtyapriyo nṛtyanityaḥ prakāśātmā prakāśakaḥ

Translation

He is the very brilliance of all brilliance, the bearer of divine radiance; the primal source, the ruler of all. He delights in the cosmic dance and is eternally established in dance; He is Light itself and the One who illumines all.

Word by Word

• तेजः: splendor, energy
• तेजः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तेजः: splendor (emphatic)
• तेजः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पूर्वपद-समुच्चय (repetition for emphasis)

• द्युतिधरः: bearer of radiance
• द्युतिधरः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्युति (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (प्रातिपदिक; √धृ धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष: द्युतिं धरति

• जनकः: progenitor, creator
• जनकः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनक (प्रातिपदिक; √जन् धातु से)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सर्वशासकः: ruler of all
• सर्वशासकः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + शासक (प्रातिपदिक; √शास् धातु से)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: सर्वेषां शासकः

• नृत्यप्रियः: fond of dance
• नृत्यप्रियः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नृत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: नृत्ये प्रियः

• नृत्यनित्यः: ever engaged in dance
• नृत्यनित्यः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नृत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: नृत्ये नित्यः/नित्यं नृत्यः (ever in dance)

• प्रकाशात्मा: whose nature is light
• प्रकाशात्मा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रकाश (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: प्रकाशः आत्मा यस्य (whose essence is light)

• प्रकाशकः: illuminator
• प्रकाशकः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकाशक (प्रातिपदिक; √काश् धातु से)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक (agent noun)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Naṭarāja

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: creative

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Cosmic dance as the rhythmic ground of manifestation—light revealing all names and forms.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

The verse praises Shiva as both transcendent Light (prakāśātmā) and the immanent revealer (prakāśakaḥ), indicating that liberation arises through His grace as the one who dispels ignorance and governs all beings as Pati (Lord).

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

In Jyotirlinga devotion, Shiva is adored as the supreme radiance made accessible—Saguna worship of the Linga points to the same truth named here: Shiva is the source of all light and the one who makes all knowledge and experience possible.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as inner illumination while chanting the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and contemplate His Nataraja-bhava (eternal dance) as the rhythmic order behind creation, preservation, and dissolution.