Shloka 138

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

Devanagari script

संयोगी योगविद्ब्रह्म ब्रह्मण्यो ब्राह्मणप्रियः देवप्रियो देवनाथो देवज्ञो देवचिन्तकः

Transliteration

saṃyogī yogavidbrahma brahmaṇyo brāhmaṇapriyaḥ devapriyo devanātho devajño devacintakaḥ

Translation

वह संयोगी—योग का स्वामी, योगविद्, और स्वयं ब्रह्म है। वह ब्रह्मण्य—धर्म-वेद-रक्षक, ब्राह्मणप्रिय है। वह देवप्रिय, देवनाथ, देवज्ञ, और देवों द्वारा निरन्तर चिन्तित (ध्यात) है।

Word by Word

• संयोगी (saṃyogī): the one established in yogic union

• योगविद् (yogavid): knower of Yoga

• ब्रह्म (brahma): Brahman, the Supreme Reality

• ब्रह्मण्यः (brahmaṇyaḥ): protector of Veda and dharma, benefactor of Brahmanas

• ब्राह्मणप्रियः (brāhmaṇapriyaḥ): beloved of Brahmanas

• देवप्रियः (devapriyaḥ): dear to the gods

• देवनाथः (devanāthaḥ): Lord of the gods

• देवज्ञः (devajñaḥ): knower of the gods (and their rites)

• देवचिन्तकः (devacintakaḥ): one who is contemplated/meditated upon by the gods

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya) as part of the Linga Purana Shiva Sahasranama