Shloka 38

अध्याय ८२ — व्यपोहनस्तवः (पापव्यपोहन-स्तोत्रम्)

Devanagari script

देवसेनापतिः श्रीमान् स मे पापं व्यपोहतु भवः शर्वस्तथेशानो रुद्रः पशुपतिस् तथा

Transliteration

devasenāpatiḥ śrīmān sa me pāpaṃ vyapohatu bhavaḥ śarvastatheśāno rudraḥ paśupatis tathā

Translation

देवों की सेना के श्रीमान् सेनापति मेरे पाप का नाश करें। तथा भव, शर्व, ईशान, रुद्र और पशुपति भी (मेरा पाप) दूर करें।

Word by Word

• देवसेनापतिः: commander of the divine hosts

• श्रीमान्: glorious, auspicious, possessed of splendor

• सः: he

• मे: my

• पापम्: sin, demerit

• व्यपोहतु: may he remove, dispel

• भवः: Bhava (Shiva as source of becoming and dissolution)

• शर्वः: Śarva (the destroyer/archer aspect of Shiva)

• तथा: and also/likewise

• ईशानः: Īśāna (the sovereign Lord, ruler of the quarters)

• रुद्रः: Rudra (the fierce, remover of misery)

• पशुपतिः: Paśupati (Lord of pashus—bound souls)

• तथा: likewise (may he remove my sin).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-nama prayer/recitation within the Linga Purana’s discourse)