Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 130

Śiva-nāma-sahasraka-kathana

The Recital/Teaching of the Thousand Names of Śiva

Devanagari script

प्रशांतबुद्धिरक्षुण्णः संग्रहो नित्यसुंदरः । वैयाघ्रधुर्यो धात्रीशः संकल्पः शर्वरीपतिः

Transliteration

praśāṃtabuddhirakṣuṇṇaḥ saṃgraho nityasuṃdaraḥ | vaiyāghradhuryo dhātrīśaḥ saṃkalpaḥ śarvarīpatiḥ

Translation

യാരുടെ ബുദ്ധി പൂർണ്ണമായി ശാന്തവും അചഞ്ചലവും ആകുന്നു; എല്ലാം സമാഹരിച്ചു ധരിക്കുന്ന, നിത്യസുന്ദരനായ പ്രഭു; വ്യാഘ്രസമമായ വീരന്മാരിൽ അഗ്രഗണ്യൻ; ധാത്രിയുടെയും അധീശൻ; പവിത്രസങ്കൽപശക്തി സ്വയം; രാത്രിയുടെ അധിപതി।

Word by Word

• प्रशान्त-बुद्धिः: (one whose) intellect is tranquil
• प्रशान्त-बुद्धिः: Karta (कर्ता/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रशान्त (प्रातिपदिक) + बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—प्रशान्ता बुद्धिः यस्य/या (as epithet)

• अक्षुण्णः: undisturbed
• अक्षुण्णः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षुण्ण (प्रातिपदिक; √क्षुद्/क्षुण्ण ‘disturbed’ with negation)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (undisturbed)

• संग्रहः: restraint/collection
• संग्रहः: Karta (कर्ता/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नित्य-सुन्दरः: ever-beautiful
• नित्य-सुन्दरः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सुन्दर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—नित्यं सुन्दरः (ever-beautiful)

• वैयाघ्र-धुर्यः: tiger-like foremost one
• वैयाघ्र-धुर्यः: Karta (कर्ता/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैयाघ्र (प्रातिपदिक; व्याघ्र-सम्बन्धी) + धुर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—वैयाघ्रेषु धुर्यः (foremost among tigers/like a tiger-chief)

• धात्री-ईशः: lord of Dhātrī / the sustainer
• धात्री-ईशः: Karta (कर्ता/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धात्री (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—धातॄणाम् ईशः (lord of sustainers/earth)

• संकल्पः: resolve/will
• संकल्पः: Karta (कर्ता/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शर्वरी-पतिः: lord of the night
• शर्वरी-पतिः: Karta (कर्ता/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्वरी (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—शर्वर्याः पतिः (lord of night)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

This verse praises Shiva as the perfectly tranquil and unshaken Consciousness (praśāntabuddhi, akṣuṇṇa) who sustains all beings (saṃgraha). In Shaiva Siddhanta, meditating on these names turns the devotee away from agitation (pāśa) and toward the Lord (Pati), whose grace steadies the mind and ripens liberation.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

These are Saguna epithets used for devotional contemplation: the Linga is worshiped as the visible support for contemplating Shiva’s invisible qualities—ever-auspicious beauty, sovereign power, and sustaining grace. Repeating such names during Linga-pūjā aligns the devotee’s mind with Shiva’s steadiness and lordship.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A practical takeaway is japa with a calm, steady saṅkalpa—especially Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya)—while offering water/bilva to the Linga at night or in the early pre-dawn (śarvarī), cultivating the ‘unshaken mind’ praised in the verse.