Shloka 29

प्रलय-तत्त्वलयः, नीललोहित-रुद्रः, अष्टमूर्तिस्तवः, एवं ब्रह्मणो वैराग्यम्

Devanagari script

पितामह उवाच नमस्ते भगवन् रुद्र भास्करामिततेजसे नमो भवाय देवाय रसायाम्बुमयाय ते

Transliteration

pitāmaha uvāca namaste bhagavan rudra bhāskarāmitatejase namo bhavāya devāya rasāyāmbumayāya te

Translation

ピターマハ（ブラフマー）は言った。「礼拝します、バガヴァーン・ルドラよ。太陽にも比すべき、量り知れぬ光輝をもつ御方よ。礼拝します、バヴァなる神よ—あなたは精髄（ラサ）として、また水の原理（アンブ）として住し、あらゆる顕現を遍く満たし支えておられる。」

Word by Word

• पितामहः: Pitāmaha (Brahmā)

• उवाच: said

• नमः ते: salutations to You

• भगवन्: O Blessed Lord

• रुद्र: Rudra

• भास्कर: the Sun

• अमित: immeasurable

• तेजसे: to the radiance/splendour

• नमः: salutations

• भवाय: to Bhava (a name of Śiva)

• देवाय: to the Divine

• रसाय: to rasa (essence/sap/primary taste

• अम्बु-मयाय: to the One consisting of water / pervading as the watery element

• ते: to You

Speaker

Brahma (Pitāmaha)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Rudra
• Bhava
• Brahma

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames Śiva as both transcendent radiance and immanent elemental presence, supporting the Linga as a symbol of the formless Pati who pervades all tattvas while remaining beyond them.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Śiva is praised as Rudra with sun-like, immeasurable tejas (supreme consciousness-power) and as Bhava who pervades creation as rasa and ambu—showing Him as the inner essence of manifested reality, not merely a distant deity.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A stuti-based upāsanā: contemplation and japa on Śiva’s names (Rudra, Bhava) while meditating on His tejas and elemental pervasion—an inner discipline aligned with Pāśupata-oriented Shiva-dhyāna.