Shloka 145

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

Devanagari script

अधृतः स्वधृतः साध्यः पूर्वमूर्तिर्यशोधरः वराहशृङ्गधृग् वायुर् बलवान् एकनायकः

Transliteration

adhṛtaḥ svadhṛtaḥ sādhyaḥ pūrvamūrtiryaśodharaḥ varāhaśṛṅgadhṛg vāyur balavān ekanāyakaḥ

Translation

അവൻ അധൃതൻ (ആശ്രയമില്ലാത്തവൻ) എങ്കിലും സ്വധൃതൻ; സാധ്യലക്ഷ്യവും ആദിമൂർത്തിയും. യശോധരൻ, വരാഹശൃംഗധാരി, പ്രാണവായുസ്വരൂപൻ, ബലവാൻ, ഏകനായകേശ്വരൻ.

Word by Word

• अधृतः: unsupported, not upheld by anything

• स्वधृतः: self-supported, self-sustained

• साध्यः: to be attained, the realizable goal

• पूर्वमूर्तिः: primordial form, first manifestation

• यशोधरः: bearer of fame/glory, giver of renown

• वराहशृङ्गधृक्: bearer of the boar’s horn (symbol of power/manifest form)

• वायुः: wind, vital breath (prāṇa), life-force

• बलवान्: powerful, mighty

• एकनायकः: single leader, sole guide/lord

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva Sahasranama to the sages of Naimisharanya)