Shloka 68

Śiva-nāma-sahasraka-kathana

The Recital/Teaching of the Thousand Names of Śiva

Devanagari script

भगो विवस्वानादित्यो गतपारो बृहस्पतिः । कल्याणगुणनामा च पापहा पुण्यदर्शनः

Transliteration

bhago vivasvānādityo gatapāro bṛhaspatiḥ | kalyāṇaguṇanāmā ca pāpahā puṇyadarśanaḥ

Translation

He is Bhaga; he is Vivasvān, the Āditya—the Sun. He is the One who has passed beyond all limitation, and he is Bṛhaspati. His very Name is of auspicious virtues; he destroys sin, and his vision is holy and merit-bestowing.

Word by Word

• भगः: Bhaga (lord of fortune)
• भगः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विवस्वान्: Vivasvān (the Sun)
• विवस्वान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; -वत्-प्रातिपदिक (विवस्वत् → विवस्वान्)

• आदित्यः: Āditya (solar deity)
• आदित्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गत-पारः: one who has crossed over
• गत-पारः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत (गम् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त) + पार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (गतं पारं यस्य = who has reached the far shore); गत = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस् + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (बृहसः पतिः)

• कल्याण-गुण-नामा: whose name signifies auspicious qualities
• कल्याण-गुण-नामा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कल्याण + गुण + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (कल्याणाः गुणाः नाम यस्य/यस्य नाम कल्याणगुणः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पाप-हा: destroyer of sin
• पाप-हा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + हन् (धातु; -हा कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (पापं हन्ति इति); हा = हन्-धातोः क्विप्/णिनि-प्रायः कृदन्त-रूपम्

• पुण्य-दर्शनः: whose sight is auspicious / giver of merit by sight
• पुण्य-दर्शनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुण्यं दर्शनं यस्य/पुण्यस्य दर्शनः)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: The verse assimilates solar and guru-deity functions (Bhaga, Āditya, Bṛhaspati) into Śiva, a common purāṇic strategy of declaring all devatās as his vibhūtis rather than narrating a site-origin.

Significance: Darśana of Śiva as the inner Sun and divine Guru is said to yield pāpa-kṣaya and puṇya-darśana—purification through right vision (samyag-darśana).

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Characters & Entities

• Bhaga
• Vivasvan (Surya)
• Aditya
• Brihaspati

FAQs

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

The verse praises Shiva as the inner power behind cosmic deities (Sun, Bhaga, Bṛhaspati) and emphasizes nāma-smaraṇa and darśana as purifying: remembering his auspicious names destroys pāpa and generates puṇya, supporting the Shaiva Siddhanta path of grace and liberation.

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

By listing divine epithets, the text supports Saguna upāsanā—approaching Shiva through name, form, and qualities. In Jyotirlinga worship, devotees seek Shiva’s darśana (seeing the Linga as Shiva’s luminous presence), which the verse calls puṇya-producing and sin-removing.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Nāma-japa (repetition of Shiva’s auspicious names) and darśana-focused devotion are implied; practically, one may chant Om Namaḥ Śivāya and these epithets while taking Linga-darśana, offering water, and mentally seeking purification from pāpa.