Shloka 39

प्रसाद-ज्ञान-योग-मोक्षक्रमः तथा व्यास-रुद्रावतार-मन्वन्तर-परम्परा

Devanagari script

विशोकश्च विकेशश् च विपाशः पापनाशनः सुमुखो दुर्मुखश्चैव दुर्दमो दुरतिक्रमः

Transliteration

viśokaśca vikeśaś ca vipāśaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ sumukho durmukhaścaiva durdamo duratikramaḥ

Translation

သခင်သည် အဝိသောက—ဝမ်းနည်းခြင်းမရှိသူ; ဝိကေရှ—ဆံမဖြတ်မချွတ်သူ; ဝိပါရှ—ချည်နှောင်မှုကို ကျော်လွန်သူ; ပာပနာရှန—အပြစ်ဖျက်သိမ်းသူ ဖြစ်တော်မူ၏။ ထို့ပြင် သုမုခ—မျက်နှာလှသူလည်း ဖြစ်ပြီး၊ ဒုರ್ಮုခ—ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ် မျက်နှာတော်လည်း ဖြစ်တော်မူ၏။ ဒုර්ဒမ—မနှိမ်နင်းနိုင်သူ၊ ဒုရတိක්ရမ—မည်သူမျှ မကျော်လွန်နိုင်သူ ဖြစ်တော်မူ၏။

Word by Word

• viśokaḥ: free from sorrow

• ca: and

• vikeśaḥ: unshorn/unhaired (beyond worldly grooming

• vipāśaḥ: free from pasha (bondage) / the remover of bonds

• pāpa-nāśanaḥ: destroyer of sin

• su-mukhaḥ: beautiful/auspicious-faced

• dur-mukhaḥ: terrible/unyielding-faced

• ca eva: and indeed

• dur-damaḥ: difficult to subdue, unconquerable

• dur-atikramaḥ: difficult to transgress/overstep, inviolable

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva Sahasranama to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

This Sahasranama verse frames the Linga as Pati—the Lord beyond pasha (bondage)—who purifies the devotee (pāpanāśanaḥ) and cannot be violated (duratikramaḥ), supporting Linga-puja as a path of purification and release.

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

Shiva-tattva is shown as transcendent and sovereign: untouched by grief (viśoka), beyond bonds (vipāśa), and unsurpassable (duratikrama), yet capable of both auspicious grace (sumukha) and fierce protection/discipline (durmukha) for regulating pashus.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The implied practice is nāma-japa and smaraṇa (recitation and contemplation of Shiva’s names) as a Pashupata-oriented discipline to loosen pasha, destroy pāpa, and align the pashu with Pati through devotion and inner restraint.