Shloka 40

विष्णुरुवाच—एकाक्षर-प्रणव-लिङ्ग-व्याप्ति-शिवस्तोत्रम्

Devanagari script

एतत्स्तोत्रवरं पुण्यं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् यः पठेच्छ्रावयेद्वापि ब्राह्मणान् वेदपारगान्

Transliteration

etatstotravaraṃ puṇyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam yaḥ paṭhecchrāvayedvāpi brāhmaṇān vedapāragān

Translation

Cet hymne suprêmement excellent est saint et détruit tous les péchés. Quiconque le récite—ou le fait entendre à des brāhmaṇa maîtres des Veda—reçoit ce mérite purificateur; car le śravaṇa et le pāṭha conduisent le paśu (l’âme liée) vers la grâce (anugraha) de Pati, Śiva, le Seigneur qui tranche le pāśa (lien).

Word by Word

• etat: this

• stotra-varam: the best/excellent hymn

• puṇyam: meritorious, sacred

• sarva: all

• pāpa: sin, demerit

• praṇāśanam: destruction, removal

• yaḥ: whoever

• paṭhet: recites

• chrāvayet: causes (others) to hear/recites for others

• vā api: or even

• brāhmaṇān: Brahmins

• veda-pāragān: those who have gone to the far shore of the Vedas, Veda-masters

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)