Shloka 36

अध्याय ८२ — व्यपोहनस्तवः (पापव्यपोहन-स्तोत्रम्)

Devanagari script

भृङ्गीशः पिङ्गलाक्षो ऽसौ भसिताशस्तु देहयुक् शिवार्चनरतः श्रीमान् स मे पापं व्यपोहतु

Transliteration

bhṛṅgīśaḥ piṅgalākṣo 'sau bhasitāśastu dehayuk śivārcanarataḥ śrīmān sa me pāpaṃ vyapohatu

Translation

പിംഗലാക്ഷനായ ആ ഭൃംഗീശൻ, ദേഹത്തിൽ പവിത്ര ഭസ്മം ധരിച്ചു, ശ്രീമാനായി ശിവാർചനയിൽ രതനായിരിക്കുന്നവൻ—അവൻ എന്റെ പാപം അകറ്റട്ടെ।

Word by Word

• भृङ्गीशः (bhṛṅgīśaḥ): Bhṛṅgīśa (a chief of Śiva’s attendants)

• पिङ्गलाक्षः (piṅgalākṣaḥ): yellow/tawny-eyed

• असौ (asau): that (one)

• भसित-आशः (bhasita-āśaḥ): smeared/marked with sacred ash (bhasma)

• तु (tu): indeed

• देह-युक् (deha-yuk): possessing a body, embodied

• शिव-अर्चन-रतः (śiva-arcana-rataḥ): devoted to Śiva’s worship

• श्रीमान् (śrīmān): illustrious, endowed with auspicious splendor

• सः (saḥ): he

• मे (me): my

• पापम् (pāpam): sin, demerit

• व्यपोहतु (vyapohatu): may he remove, dispel.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a devotional eulogy/prayer within the Linga Purana’s Purva-Bhaga)

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛṅgīśa
• Shiva

FAQs

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

It highlights Śiva-arcana (worship of Śiva/Liṅga) as intrinsically purifying, showing that devotion—marked outwardly by bhasma—invokes grace that dispels pāpa (demerit).

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

Śiva is implied as Pati, the Lord whose proximity and worship grant purification; even His devotee/gaṇa (Bhṛṅgīśa) becomes a conduit of that sanctifying power, indicating Śiva’s grace operating through His śivabhaktas.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Bhasma-dhāraṇa (wearing sacred ash) and Śiva-arcana (formal worship) are emphasized—classic Pāśupata-leaning markers of discipline aimed at loosening pāśa (bondage) for the paśu (individual soul).