Shloka 60
Śiva-nāma-sahasraka-kathana
The Recital/Teaching of the Thousand Names of Śiva
अनादिर्भूर्भुवो लक्ष्मीः किरीटी त्रिदशाधिपः । विश्वगोप्ता विश्वकर्त्ता सुवीरो रुचिरांगदः
anādirbhūrbhuvo lakṣmīḥ kirīṭī tridaśādhipaḥ | viśvagoptā viśvakarttā suvīro rucirāṃgadaḥ
Il est sans commencement; il est le sol même de Bhūḥ et de Bhuvaḥ (la terre et la région médiane). Il est la prospérité auspicious en personne; couronné de souveraineté, Seigneur des devas—protecteur de l’univers et créateur de l’univers—d’une vaillance suprême, paré de bracelets étincelants.
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s glory to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Annapūrṇā
Role: nurturing
Offering: dipa
FAQs
The verse praises Shiva as Anādi (beginningless Pati) who both sustains and manifests the cosmos—reminding the devotee that all worlds rest in Him, and that surrender to the universal Protector leads toward liberation.
These epithets are Saguna pointers—devotional names used in stuti while worshipping the Linga—helping the mind fix on Shiva’s lordship, protection, and auspicious grace, even as the Linga also signifies His transcendent Nirguna reality.
Use the names as a nāma-japa garland during Linga-pūjā—mentally repeating them with the Panchakshara ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya"), offering bilva leaves, and meditating on Shiva as viśvagoptā (Protector) in the heart.