Shloka 1

अध्याय ८२ — व्यपोहनस्तवः (पापव्यपोहन-स्तोत्रम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे पशुपाशविमोचनलिङ्गपूजादिकथनं नामैकाशीतितमो ऽध्यायः सूत उवाच व्यपोहनस्तवं वक्ष्ये सर्वसिद्धिप्रदं शुभम् नन्दिनश् च मुखाच्छ्रुत्वा कुमारेण महात्मना

Transliteration

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge paśupāśavimocanaliṅgapūjādikathanaṃ nāmaikāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca vyapohanastavaṃ vakṣye sarvasiddhipradaṃ śubham nandinaś ca mukhācchrutvā kumāreṇa mahātmanā

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa, bahagian Pūrva-bhāga, bermulalah bab ke-82 yang bertajuk “Huraian tentang pemujaan Liṅga dan pembebasan paśu daripada pāśa.” Sūta berkata: “Aku akan menyampaikan Stava Vyapohana—yang membawa keberkatan dan menganugerahkan segala siddhi—yang didengar oleh Kumāra yang berhati agung dari mulut Nandin sendiri.”

Word by Word

• iti: thus

• śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇe: in the auspicious Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa

• pūrva-bhāge: in the earlier section (Pūrva-bhāga)

• paśu-pāśa-vimocana: liberation of the paśu (bound soul) from pāśa (bondage)

• liṅga-pūjā-ādi-kathanam: narration of Liṅga worship and related observances

• nāma: named

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter

• sūta uvāca: Sūta said

• vyapohana-stavam: the Vyapohana hymn (that removes/dispels obstacles and bondage)

• vakṣye: I shall speak/proclaim

• sarva-siddhi-pradam: bestowing all siddhis/attainments

• śubham: auspicious

• nandinaḥ: of Nandin

• ca: and

• mukhāt: from the mouth

• śrutvā: having heard

• kumāreṇa: by Kumāra (Kārttikeya/Skanda)

• mahātmanā: by the great-souled one

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin