Shloka 62

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

नमस्ते प्राणपालाय मुण्डमालाधराय च प्रहीणशोकैर्विविधैर् भूतैः परिवृताय च

Transliteration

namaste prāṇapālāya muṇḍamālādharāya ca prahīṇaśokairvividhair bhūtaiḥ parivṛtāya ca

Translation

Hommage à Toi, Protecteur de tout souffle de vie ; hommage à Toi, porteur de la guirlande de crânes ; hommage à Toi, entouré des multitudes variées de Bhūtas—êtres ayant rejeté la tristesse—qui Te servent comme leur Seigneur.

Word by Word

• नमस्ते: salutations to You

• प्राणपालाय: to the guardian of prāṇa (life-breath)

• मुण्डमालाधराय: to the wearer of a garland of skulls

• च: and

• प्रहीण-शोकैः: by those who have abandoned grief

• विविधैः: various, manifold

• भूतैः: by bhūtas (elemental/attendant beings)

• परिवृताय: to the One who is encircled/surrounded

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a hymn addressed to Shiva within the chapter’s dialogue context)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Bhutas

FAQs

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

It frames Shiva as Pati—the supreme Lord who protects prāṇa—and shows that approaching the Linga with reverence and surrender aligns the pashu (soul) toward His guardianship and grace.

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

Shiva is portrayed as Prāṇapāla (sustainer of life) and as the transcendent Lord who even commands the fierce Bhūta hosts; His skull-garland signals mastery over death, time, and the dissolution of ego-bound identity.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Stuti (devotional praise) and śoka-tyāga (abandoning grief) are implied as inner disciplines—key to Pāśupata orientation—by which the pashu loosens pasha (bondage) and turns toward Shiva’s protection.