Shloka 136

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

Devanagari script

वेधा धाता विधाता च अत्ता हर्ता चतुर्मुखः कैलासशिखरावासी सर्वावासी सतां गतिः

Transliteration

vedhā dhātā vidhātā ca attā hartā caturmukhaḥ kailāsaśikharāvāsī sarvāvāsī satāṃ gatiḥ

Translation

彼は定める者、支える者、配剤する者であり、受け取り味わう者、そして収め引き戻す者、四面の主である。カイラーサの峰に住しつつ、なお一切の衆生に遍在する。彼は善き者の帰依処であり、究竟の行路である。

Word by Word

• वेधा (vedhā): ordainer, arranger of destiny

• धाता (dhātā): sustainer, supporter

• विधाता (vidhātā): disposer, apportioner

• च (ca): and

• अत्ता (attā): eater, enjoyer/consumer (of offerings and of time)

• हर्ता (hartā): remover, withdrawer (of worlds/bondage)

• चतुर्मुखः (caturmukhaḥ): four-faced one (all-seeing, fourfold cognition)

• कैलासशिखरावासी (kailāsa-śikhara-āvāsī): dweller on the peak of Kailāsa

• सर्वावासी (sarvāvāsī): indweller in all, omnipresent

• सतां (satām): of the virtuous/true ones

• गतिः (gatiḥ): goal, refuge, final attainment

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva-Sahasranama to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse frames Shiva as the all-pervading Pati—both transcendent (Kailāsa-dweller) and immanent (sarvāvāsī). In Linga worship, this supports the Siddhānta view that the Linga is the accessible form through which the pashu approaches the omnipresent Lord for grace and release from pāśa.

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

It presents Shiva-tattva as sovereign over cosmic functions—ordering, sustaining, and withdrawing—while also being the inner Self of all beings. Thus Shiva is simultaneously the cosmic governor and the indwelling consciousness, the final gati (attainment) of the sat (the purified pashu).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse implies inward worship (antar-yāga): meditating on Shiva as sarvāvāsī (indweller) while offering external pūjā to the Linga. This aligns with Pāśupata-oriented discipline—purifying the pashu through remembrance of the Pati as the sole refuge and remover (hartā) of bondage.