Shloka 21
विष्णुरुवाच—एकाक्षर-प्रणव-लिङ्ग-व्याप्ति-शिवस्तोत्रम्
Devanagari script
सुवाहाय विवाहाय विवादवरदाय च नमः शिवाय रुद्राय प्रधानाय नमोनमः
Transliteration
suvāhāya vivāhāya vivādavaradāya ca namaḥ śivāya rudrāya pradhānāya namonamaḥ
Translation
सुवाह (शुभ-वाहन) तथा विवाह (शुभ-नेतृत्व) देने वाले, विवाद में भी वर देने वाले को नमः। शिव, रुद्र, तथा प्रधान-स्वरूप परमेश्वर को बार-बार नमस्कार।
Word by Word
suvāhāyato the giver of auspicious conveyance/leading
suvāhāya:
vivāhāyato the sanctifier of marriage/union
vivāhāya:
vivāda-vara-dāyato the giver of boons (vara) in disputes (vivāda)
vivāda-vara-dāya:
caand
ca:
namaḥsalutations
namaḥ:
śivāyato Śiva (the auspicious one)
śivāya:
rudrāyato Rudra (the fierce remover of impurity)
rudrāya:
pradhānāyato Pradhāna, the primordial source/ground (prakṛti in its causal state)
pradhānāya:
namo namaḥrepeated salutations, again and again
namo namaḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-stuti within the Purva-Bhaga narrative to the sages of Naimisharanya)