Shloka 55

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

लेलिहाय कृतान्ताय तिग्मायुधधराय च

Transliteration

lelihāya kṛtāntāya tigmāyudhadharāya ca

Translation

សូមនមស្ការ​ដល់ព្រះអង្គ អ្នកលេបលាន់យកសត្វទាំងឡាយនៅពេលលាយលះ; សូមនមស្ការ​ដល់ព្រះអង្គ អ្នកជាកាល/មរណៈផ្ទាល់; និងសូមនមស្ការ​ដល់ព្រះអង្គ អ្នកកាន់អាវុធមុតភ្លឺរលោង។

Word by Word

• लेलिहाय: to the lapping/devouring One

• कृतान्ताय: to Kṛtānta, the Finisher (Death/Time)

• तिग्म: sharp, keen, blazing

• आयुध: weapon

• धराय: to the bearer/holder

• च: and

Speaker

Suta (narrating a hymn/stotra within the Purva-Bhaga tradition)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Rudra
• Kala (Time)

FAQs

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

It frames Shiva (the Linga’s indwelling Pati) as the ultimate terminus of all manifested forms—Time/Death itself—so Linga worship becomes surrender of the pashu’s fear and clinging (pāśa) to the Lord who governs dissolution.

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

Shiva-tattva is presented as Kāla who consummates creation and as the fierce, protective Rudra who bears the keen weapon—signifying sovereign power to dissolve impurity and sever bondage, not merely physical destruction.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A contemplative stuti-practice: meditating on Shiva as Kāla (Kṛtānta) to cultivate vairāgya and inner detachment—aligned with Pāśupata-style focus on cutting pāśa through remembrance of Pati’s supremacy.