Shloka 17
विष्णुरुवाच—एकाक्षर-प्रणव-लिङ्ग-व्याप्ति-शिवस्तोत्रम्
Devanagari script
सुहोत्राय हविष्याय सुब्रह्मण्याय सूरिणे सुमुखाय सुवक्त्राय दुर्दमाय दमाय च
Transliteration
suhotrāya haviṣyāya subrahmaṇyāya sūriṇe sumukhāya suvaktrāya durdamāya damāya ca
Translation
सुहोत्र (मंगल यज्ञकर्ता) व स्वयं हवि-स्वरूप यास नमः; सुब्रह्मण्य (वेदधर्मपोषक) व सूरी (ज्ञानी) यास प्रणाम। सुमुख, सुवचन यास नमः; दुर्दम (अजेय) व दम (नियमनकर्ता) यासही नमस्कार।
Word by Word
सुहोत्रायto the one of auspicious offering/sacrificial invocation
सुहोत्राय:
हविष्यायto the oblation itself (the offered havis)
हविष्याय:
सुब्रह्मण्यायto the promoter/protector of brahman (sacred prayer, Vedic order)
सुब्रह्मण्याय:
सूरिणेto the wise one, seer (sūri)
सूरिणे:
सुमुखायto the one with a beautiful/benign face
सुमुखाय:
सुवक्त्रायto the one with excellent speech/utterance (or fair countenance)
सुवक्त्राय:
दुर्दमायto the hard-to-subdue, unconquerable one
दुर्दमाय:
दमायto the self-controlled one / the tamer who restrains
दमाय:
चand
च:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (reciting the Shiva-Sahasranama within the Linga Purana narration)