Shloka 21
Viṣṇoḥ Sahasranāma-stotreṇa Śiva-prasādaḥ
Vishnu’s Thousand-Name Hymn and Shiva’s Grace
अन्ये च ये पठिष्यन्ति पाठयिष्यन्ति नित्यशः । तेषां दुःखं न स्वप्नेऽपि जायते नात्र संशयः
anye ca ye paṭhiṣyanti pāṭhayiṣyanti nityaśaḥ | teṣāṃ duḥkhaṃ na svapne'pi jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
आणि जे इतर लोक याचे नित्य पठण करतील किंवा दररोज पठण करवतील, त्यांना स्वप्नातही दुःख उत्पन्न होत नाही—यात संशय नाही.
Suta Goswami (narrating the phalaśruti to the sages of Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Significance: Phalaśruti typical of Purāṇic recitation culture: nitya-pāṭha (or sponsoring pāṭha) is promised freedom from duḥkha, encouraging communal recitation at temples and tīrthas.
Type: stotra
Role: nurturing
Offering: dhupa
FAQs
It teaches the Shaiva principle that steady śravaṇa and pāṭha of Shiva’s sacred narrative purifies the mind (citta-śuddhi) and loosens pāśa (bondage), so that duḥkha loses its power—even at the subtle level of dreams.
In the Kotirudrasaṃhitā, devotion to Saguna Shiva—especially through Jyotirlinga-mahātmyas—becomes a living practice via daily recitation and hearing, which is treated as a direct form of upāsanā (worship) comparable to temple worship of the Linga.
A practical takeaway is daily pāṭha (self-recitation) or pāṭhana (arranging a recitation) with bhakti; it may be paired with Panchakshara japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and simple Shiva-upacāras as a consistent vrata-like discipline.