Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 38
देवस्तुतिः (Deva-stuti) — “Hymn of the Devas / Divine Praise”
नासाक्षि वक्त्रभुजवक्षसि मानसे च धृत्या सुखानि वितनोषि सदैव जन्तोः । निद्रेति याति सुभगा जगती भवा नः सा नः प्रसीदंतु भवस्थितिपालनाय
nāsākṣi vaktrabhujavakṣasi mānase ca dhṛtyā sukhāni vitanoṣi sadaiva jantoḥ | nidreti yāti subhagā jagatī bhavā naḥ sā naḥ prasīdaṃtu bhavasthitipālanāya
O auspicious Goddess, you ever spread comforts for living beings—through the nose, the eyes, the face, the arms, the chest, the mind, and through sustaining steadiness. Because of you the fortunate world passes into sleep. May that power of Sleep, your own manifestation, be gracious to us for the protection and maintenance of worldly existence.
Parvati (addressed as Bhavā; the verse functions as a devotional praise/prayer within the Pārvatīkhaṇḍa narration)
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Mantra: नासाक्षि वक्त्रभुजवक्षसि मानसे च धृत्या सुखानि वितनोषि सदैव जन्तोः । निद्रेति याति सुभगा जगती भवा नः सा नः प्रसीदंतु भवस्थितिपालनाय
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: nurturing
Offering: dipa
FAQs
It praises the Goddess as the immanent Shakti who sustains embodied life through the senses, mind, and inner steadiness, and who grants restorative sleep—showing Shiva’s grace operates in the world through Shakti for the orderly maintenance of bhava (worldly existence).
In Saguna worship, Shiva is adored together with His inseparable Shakti; this verse highlights that the Lord’s protective, sustaining function is experienced through the Goddess’s powers within the body and mind—supporting Linga worship as devotion to the Shiva-Shakti unity.
A practical takeaway is nightly japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with calm breath awareness, offering the day’s senses and mind to Shiva-Shakti and praying for pure, sattvic sleep that restores dhṛti (steadiness) for dharma.