Shloka 68

Devanagari script

शप्तश् च सर्वगः शूली पिनाकी नीललोहितः अज्ञानाच्छापजा शक्तिः कुण्ठितास्यनिरीक्षणात्

Transliteration

śaptaś ca sarvagaḥ śūlī pinākī nīlalohitaḥ ajñānācchāpajā śaktiḥ kuṇṭhitāsyanirīkṣaṇāt

Translation

သူသည် “ခုနစ်မျိုးတော်” ဟူ၍လည်း ခေါ်ခံရသော အလုံးစုံပျံ့နှံ့တော်မူသူ၊ သုံးခွတံကိုင်တော်မူသူ၊ ပိနာကကိုင်တော်မူသူ၊ အပြာနှင့် အနီရောင်တောက်ပသော နီလလောဟိတတော် ဖြစ်၏။ မသိမြင်မှု (အညာန) မှ ကျပ်စာမှ ပေါက်ဖွားသည့် အာနုဘော် ထွက်ပေါ်လာသော်လည်း၊ အရှင်၏ တစ်ချက်မျှ ကြည့်ရှုခြင်းဖြင့်ပင် ထိုအာနုဘော်သည် မာန်ကျသွားကာ အကျိုးမရှိအောင် ဖြစ်သွား၏။

Word by Word

• śaptaḥ: the Sevenfold/He who is seven

• ca: and

• sarvagaḥ: all-pervading, present everywhere

• śūlī: trident-bearer

• pinākī: bearer of the bow Pināka

• nīlalohitaḥ: the blue-and-red (auspicious, fierce yet gracious) Lord

• ajñānāt: from ignorance

• chāpajā: born of a curse/produced by imprecation

• śaktiḥ: power, potency (operative force)

• kuṇṭhitā: blunted, checked, rendered powerless

• asya: of him/of this Lord

• nirīkṣaṇāt: from the look/glance (of the Lord)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s names/attributes to the Sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames Shiva as Sarvaga (all-pervading) and as the supreme Pati whose mere glance can neutralize harmful forces born of ignorance—supporting Linga worship as a practice for dissolving pasha (bondage) through Shiva’s anugraha (grace).

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Shiva is depicted as simultaneously immanent (sarvaga) and sovereign (weapon-bearing Lord), whose consciousness-power subdues curse-born energies; in Shaiva Siddhanta terms, Pati’s grace overrules the pasha that arises from ajnana.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse supports mantra-japa and nama-smaraṇa in Linga Puja/Pashupata-oriented sadhana: remembrance of Shiva’s names invokes his protective, bondage-cutting grace that blunts negative karmic or curse-like impediments rooted in ignorance.