Shloka 5

अध्याय ८२ — व्यपोहनस्तवः (पापव्यपोहन-स्तोत्रम्)

Devanagari script

पद्मासनस्थः सोमेशः पापमाशु व्यपोहतु ईशानः पुरुषश्चैव अघोरः सद्य एव च

Transliteration

padmāsanasthaḥ someśaḥ pāpamāśu vyapohatu īśānaḥ puruṣaścaiva aghoraḥ sadya eva ca

Translation

कमलासन पर स्थित सोमेश्वर शीघ्र ही पाप का नाश करें। ईशान, पुरुष, अघोर और सद्योजात—ये शुभ मुख तुरंत मल और बंधनजन्य दुःख को दूर करें।

Word by Word

• पद्मासनस्थः: seated in padmāsana (lotus posture)

• सोमेशः: Someśa, Lord of Soma (Śiva)

• पापम्: sin, demerit, impurity

• आशु: swiftly

• व्यपोहतु: may (He) remove, drive away

• ईशानः: Īśāna (Śiva’s northern face/aspect, lordly power)

• पुरुषः: Puruṣa (Śiva’s eastern face/aspect, indwelling Self)

• च एव: and also

• अघोरः: Aghora (Śiva’s southern face/aspect, non-terrifying purifier)

• सद्यः एव: immediately, at once

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the puranic teaching to the sages; verse functions as a protective invocation/mantra within the narrative)