Shloka 142

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

Devanagari script

अघोराय नमस्तुभ्यं वामदेवाय ते नमः तत्पुरुषाय नमो ऽस्तु ईशानाय नमोनमः

Transliteration

aghorāya namastubhyaṃ vāmadevāya te namaḥ tatpuruṣāya namo 'stu īśānāya namonamaḥ

Translation

Salutations à Toi en tant qu’Aghora; salutations à Toi en tant que Vāmadeva. Que mon hommage aille à Tatpuruṣa; et, encore et encore, salutations à Īśāna.

Word by Word

• अघोराय: to Aghora (the non-terrifying, grace-bestowing aspect of Shiva)

• नमः/नमस्तुभ्यम्: salutation(s) to You

• वामदेवाय: to Vāmadeva (the auspicious, sustaining aspect)

• ते: to You

• तत्पुरुषाय: to Tatpuruṣa (the Lord as the supreme Person, veiling and revealing)

• नमोऽस्तु: may there be homage

• ईशानाय: to Īśāna (the sovereign, transcendent ruler)

• नमोनमः: repeated salutations

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shaiva stotra within the Linga Purana discourse)