Shloka 13

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

अहोरात्रार्धमासानां मासानां प्रभवे नमः ऋतूनां प्रभवे तुभ्यं संख्यायाः प्रभवे नमः

Transliteration

ahorātrārdhamāsānāṃ māsānāṃ prabhave namaḥ ṛtūnāṃ prabhave tubhyaṃ saṃkhyāyāḥ prabhave namaḥ

Translation

សូមនមស្ការ​ព្រះองค์ ជាប្រភព​នៃថ្ងៃ និងយប់ នៃអರ್ಧមាស (ពាក់កណ្តាលខែ) និងខែទាំងឡាយ។ សូមនមស្ការ​ព្រះองค์ ជាប្រភព​នៃរដូវទាំងឡាយ; សូមនមស្ការ​ព្រះองค์ ជាប្រភព​នៃចំនួន និងមាត្រា។

Word by Word

• aho-rātra: day and night

• ardha-māsa: half-month/fortnight

• māsānām: of months

• prabhave: to the source/origin (unto the Lord as causal ground)

• namaḥ: salutations

• ṛtūnām: of seasons

• tubhyam: to You

• saṃkhyāyāḥ: of number/enumeration/measure

• prabhave: to the origin/source

• namaḥ: salutations

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a hymn/stuti within the Linga Purana’s Purva-Bhaga context)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames the Linga as the prabhava (causal source) of all temporal cycles—day/night, fortnight, month, and season—so Linga-puja becomes worship of Pati who governs time itself, not merely a worldly deity within time.

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

Shiva is praised as the ground of saṃkhyā (number/measure) and kala-cakra (the wheel of time), indicating Shiva-tattva as the transcendent Pati who both orders creation and remains beyond its changing divisions.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A contemplative stuti-based practice: in Pashupata-oriented meditation, one fixes awareness on Shiva as the source of time and measure, weakening pasha (limiting notions of sequence, count, and change) that bind the pashu (soul).