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Shloka 43

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

विरूपाक्षाय लिङ्गाय पिङ्गलाय महौजसे वृष्टिघ्नाय नमश्चैव नमः सौम्येक्षणाय च

virūpākṣāya liṅgāya piṅgalāya mahaujase vṛṣṭighnāya namaścaiva namaḥ saumyekṣaṇāya ca

വിരൂപാക്ഷസ്വരൂപമായ ലിംഗത്തിന് നമസ്കാരം; പിംഗളവർണ്ണൻ, മഹാതേജസ്സുള്ള പ്രഭുവിന് നമസ്കാരം. വിനാശകരമായ വൃഷ്ടി-ഉപദ്രവം തടയുന്നവനു നമഃ; സൗമ്യകരുണാദൃഷ്ടിയുള്ളവനുമെ നമസ്കാരം।

virūpākṣāyato Virūpākṣa (the many-/wondrous-eyed Lord)
virūpākṣāya:
liṅgāyato the Liṅga (the mark/sign of Pati, Shiva)
liṅgāya:
piṅgalāyato the tawny/reddish-golden One
piṅgalāya:
mahaujaseto the greatly radiant/immensely powerful One
mahaujase:
vṛṣṭi-ghnāyato the destroyer/warder-off of (harmful) rain, i.e., remover of distress
vṛṣṭi-ghnāya:
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
caivaand indeed/also
caiva:
saumya-īkṣaṇāyato Him whose gaze is gentle/benign
saumya-īkṣaṇāya:
caand
ca:

Suta Goswami (narrating a traditional Shiva-stuti within the Linga Purana)