Shloka 93

Śiva-nāma-sahasraka-kathana

The Recital/Teaching of the Thousand Names of Śiva

Devanagari script

सद्यो महासुरव्याधो देवसिंहो दिवाकरः । विबुधामचरः श्रेष्ठः सर्वदेवोत्तमोत्तम

Transliteration

sadyo mahāsuravyādho devasiṃho divākaraḥ | vibudhāmacaraḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvadevottamottama

Translation

Instantly he became the great slayer of the asuras—lion among the gods, radiant as the sun; the foremost mover among the wise, most excellent, and supreme above all the deities.

Word by Word

• सद्यः: immediately, at once
• सद्यः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• महासुरव्याधः: slayer/hunter of great demons
• महासुरव्याधः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महासुर + व्याध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative): महासुराणां व्याधः

• देवसिंहः: lion among the gods
• देवसिंहः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + सिंह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: देवः सिंह इव/देवेषु सिंहः

• दिवाकरः: sun (maker of day)
• दिवाकरः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवा + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषार्थः (determinative): दिवायाः/दिवसस्य करणकर्ता

• विबुधामचरः: one revered/followed by the wise
• विबुधामचरः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विबुध + आमचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: विबुधानाम् आमचरः (one who is followed/served by the wise)

• श्रेष्ठः: excellent, best
• श्रेष्ठः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

• सर्वदेवोत्तमोत्तमः: supreme among the best of all gods
• सर्वदेवोत्तमोत्तमः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + देव + उत्तम + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: सर्वेषां देवानाम् उत्तमानाम् अपि उत्तमः (superlative over superlatives)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Rudra

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: destructive

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse praises the manifest (saguṇa) glory of Shiva as the supreme protector who destroys demonic bondage and illumines consciousness, affirming Pati as the highest reality above all lesser divine powers.

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

Such epithets are typical of Linga-centered devotion in the Kotirudrasaṃhitā: the Linga is worshipped as the visible focus through which Shiva’s protective, radiant, demon-destroying power is experienced by devotees.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as divākara (inner light) while repeating the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and perform simple Linga-pūjā with water and bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) as an act of surrender to the supreme protector.