Shloka 41

अध्याय ८२ — व्यपोहनस्तवः (पापव्यपोहन-स्तोत्रम्)

Devanagari script

कपालीशश् च विज्ञेयो रुद्रा रुद्रांशसंभवाः शिवप्रणामसम्पन्ना व्यपोहन्तु मलं मम

Transliteration

kapālīśaś ca vijñeyo rudrā rudrāṃśasaṃbhavāḥ śivapraṇāmasampannā vyapohantu malaṃ mama

Translation

Conoce también a Kapālīśa: los Rudras nacidos de una porción de Rudra. Plenos de reverencia y postración ante Śiva, que ellos disipen mi mala (impureza) y la oscuridad que vela el alma.

Word by Word

• कपालीशः (kapālīśaḥ): Kapālīśa (a form/title of Śiva)

• च (ca): and

• विज्ञेयः (vijñeyaḥ): is to be known/understood

• रुद्राः (rudrāḥ): the Rudras

• रुद्रांशसंभवाः (rudrāṃśa-saṃbhavāḥ): born from a portion/emanation of Rudra

• शिवप्रणामसम्पन्नाः (śiva-praṇāma-sampannāḥ): endowed with reverent salutations to Śiva / perfected in bowing to Śiva

• व्यपोहन्तु (vyapohantu): may they remove/drive away

• मलं (malaṃ): impurity, defilement (āṇava-mala as soul-veiling impurity)

• मम (mama): my

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating an internal litany/invocation within the Linga Purana)

Characters & Entities

• Kapālīśa
• Rudra
• Rudras
• Shiva

FAQs

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

It functions as a purification-invocation: by remembering Kapālīśa and the Rudras devoted to Śiva through praṇāma, the worshipper seeks removal of mala (inner impurity) so Linga-pūjā becomes spiritually effective.

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

Śiva is implied as Pati, the supreme source from whom Rudra-energies (Rudras) emanate; devotion and surrender to Him (śiva-praṇāma) is presented as the means to clear the soul’s obscuration (mala) and loosen pasha.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Śiva-praṇāma (reverential prostration and remembrance) is highlighted as a purificatory limb—aligned with Pāśupata discipline where humility, mantra-remembrance, and inner cleansing precede higher yogic absorption.