Shloka 60

Śiva-nāma-sahasraka-kathana

The Recital/Teaching of the Thousand Names of Śiva

Devanagari script

अनादिर्भूर्भुवो लक्ष्मीः किरीटी त्रिदशाधिपः । विश्वगोप्ता विश्वकर्त्ता सुवीरो रुचिरांगदः

Transliteration

anādirbhūrbhuvo lakṣmīḥ kirīṭī tridaśādhipaḥ | viśvagoptā viśvakarttā suvīro rucirāṃgadaḥ

Translation

He is beginningless; He is the very ground of Bhūḥ and Bhuvaḥ (earth and the mid‑region). He is auspicious prosperity itself. Crowned with sovereignty, He is the Lord of the devas—protector of the universe and maker of the universe—supremely valiant, adorned with radiant armlets.

Word by Word

• anādiḥ: the beginningless one
• anādiḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेष्य-रूपेण स्तुतिनाम

• bhūḥ: earth (Bhū)
• bhūḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नामरूपेण

• bhuvaḥ: mid-region/atmosphere (Bhuvaḥ)
• bhuvaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuvas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नामरूपेण

• lakṣmīḥ: Lakṣmī; prosperity
• lakṣmīḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नामरूपेण

• kirīṭī: the crown-wearer
• kirīṭī: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kirīṭin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; -इन् प्रत्ययान्त (possessor)

• tridaśa-adhipaḥ: lord of the gods
• tridaśa-adhipaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tridaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tridaśānām adhipaḥ)

• viśva-goptā: protector of the universe
• viśva-goptā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक) + goptṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (viśvasya goptā)

• viśva-karttā: creator/maker of the universe
• viśva-karttā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक) + kartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (viśvasya kartā)

• su-vīraḥ: great hero; very valiant
• su-vīraḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + vīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सुन्दरः/श्रेष्ठः वीरः)

• rucira-aṃgadaḥ: he whose armlets are splendid
• rucira-aṃgadaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rucira (प्रातिपदिक) + aṃgada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (rucirāṇi aṃgadāni yasya saḥ)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s glory to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Annapūrṇā

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Devas

FAQs

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

The verse praises Shiva as Anādi (beginningless Pati) who both sustains and manifests the cosmos—reminding the devotee that all worlds rest in Him, and that surrender to the universal Protector leads toward liberation.

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

These epithets are Saguna pointers—devotional names used in stuti while worshipping the Linga—helping the mind fix on Shiva’s lordship, protection, and auspicious grace, even as the Linga also signifies His transcendent Nirguna reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Use the names as a nāma-japa garland during Linga-pūjā—mentally repeating them with the Panchakshara ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya"), offering bilva leaves, and meditating on Shiva as viśvagoptā (Protector) in the heart.