Shloka 148

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

युगरूपो महारूपो वहनो गहनो नगः न्यायो निर्वापणो ऽपादः पण्डितो ह्यचलोपमः

Transliteration

yugarūpo mahārūpo vahano gahano nagaḥ nyāyo nirvāpaṇo 'pādaḥ paṇḍito hyacalopamaḥ

Translation

Él cuya forma es la de los Yugas; cuya figura es vasta y suprema; el Portador y Conductor de los mundos; profundo e inescrutable; la Montaña, inmóvil y excelsa. Él es el principio de la Justicia (Dharma y Nyāya); el que extingue y enfría los fuegos de la atadura; el Sin Pies, más allá de todo movimiento y límite; el sabio verdadero, firme como una montaña inamovible.

Word by Word

• युगरूपः: whose form is the yugas/time-cycles

• महारूपः: of immense/supreme form

• वहनः: bearer/supporter (of the worlds)

• गहनः: unfathomable, profound

• नगः: mountain/immovable one

• न्यायः: justice, dharma, right order

• निर्वापणः: extinguisher, pacifier (of suffering/karma)

• अपादः: footless, not dependent on movement/limbs

• पण्डितः: wise, learned sage

• अचलोपमः: like the immovable mountain (unshakable).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva Sahasranama to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It presents the Linga’s Lord (Pati) as time itself (yuga), as the immovable support (naga/vaḥana), and as the pacifier of karmic burning (nirvāpaṇa), guiding the devotee to worship the Linga as the stable, all-supporting reality beyond change.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Shiva is portrayed as both immanent and transcendent: immanent as the order of time and justice (yugarūpa, nyāya), and transcendent as the unfathomable, limb-independent absolute (gahana, apāda), the steadfast Pati who liberates the pashu from pasha.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse supports Pashupata-oriented contemplation: meditate on Shiva as the inner regulator (nyāya) and as the cooling extinguisher of bondage (nirvāpaṇa), stabilizing the mind like a mountain (acalopama) during japa and Linga-puja.