Shloka 124

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

शिवाय शिवतत्त्वाय अघोराय नमोनमः अघोराष्टकतत्त्वाय द्वादशात्मस्वरूपिणे

Transliteration

śivāya śivatattvāya aghorāya namonamaḥ aghorāṣṭakatattvāya dvādaśātmasvarūpiṇe

Translation

Hommage, encore et encore, à Śiva—lui qui est le Śiva-tattva même, l’Aghora, non terrifiant mais de bon augure. Hommage à Celui dont la réalité est enseignée comme l’Aghora-Aṣṭaka, et qui se manifeste comme la forme du Soi en douze aspects.

Word by Word

• शिवाय: to Śiva

• शिवतत्त्वाय: to the principle/reality of Śiva (Śiva-tattva)

• अघोराय: to Aghora (the non-fierce, auspicious aspect)

• नमोनमः: salutations again and again

• अघोराष्टकतत्त्वाय: to the reality/principle of the Aghora-Aṣṭaka (eightfold Aghora doctrine/praise)

• द्वादशात्मस्वरूपिणे: to Him whose nature is the twelvefold Self (twelvefold manifestation/ātma-form)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a received stuti within the Purva-Bhaga context)