Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 14
शिवस्तुतिवर्णनम् (Śiva-stuti-varṇanam) — “Description of Hymns in Praise of Śiva”
तारकोसि जगत्यस्मिन्सर्वेषामधिपोऽव्ययः । वरदो वाङ्मयो वाच्यो वाच्यवाचकवर्जितः
tārakosi jagatyasminsarveṣāmadhipo'vyayaḥ | varado vāṅmayo vācyo vācyavācakavarjitaḥ
この世において汝は衆生を彼岸へ渡らせる救済者。汝は万有の不滅の主宰。汝は恩寵を授ける者、聖なる音とことばの本性。ことばが指し示し得る実在でありながら、語られるものと語るものの双方を超え、所指と能指の二元を離れている。
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Significance: Frames Śiva as Tāraka (the one who ferries across saṃsāra), a doctrinal basis for tīrtha-yātrā and liṅga-darśana as aids to liberation rather than ends in themselves.
Type: stotra
FAQs
It praises Shiva as Pati—the imperishable Lord who grants grace and liberation—while affirming that His highest reality transcends conceptual thought and linguistic description (beyond vācya and vācaka).
Calling Shiva “varada” supports Saguna worship—approaching Him as the boon-giver through Linga-pūjā—while “vācya-vācaka-varjitaḥ” points to His Nirguna nature, reminding devotees that the Linga also signifies the indescribable Supreme beyond form and speech.
Japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with contemplation that Shiva is both the source of mantra (vāk) and the Reality beyond words; offer bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) and pray for His tāraka-grace that carries one beyond saṁsāra.