Shloka 16

Manvantarāṇukīrtana

Enumeration of the Manvantaras and Manus

Devanagari script

हरिघ्नस्सुकृतिर्ज्योतिरयोमूर्तिरयस्मयः । प्रथितश्च मनस्युश्च नभस्सूर्यस्तथैव च

Transliteration

harighnassukṛtirjyotirayomūrtirayasmayaḥ | prathitaśca manasyuśca nabhassūryastathaiva ca

Translation

ရှီဝဘုရားသည် အပြစ်ကို သတ်ဖြတ်သူ၊ ကုသိုလ်ကံ၏ အကျိုးတော်ဖြစ်၏။ အလင်းတော်ကိုယ်တိုင်လည်း ဖြစ်၏။ သံရုပ်တော်၊ သံဓာတ်တော်ဖြစ်၍၊ နာမတော်ကျော်ကြားကာ စိတ်၌ အောင်မြင်တော်မူ၏။ ကောင်းကင်တော်လည်း ဖြစ်ပြီး နေတော်လည်း ထိုနည်းတူ ဖြစ်၏။

Word by Word

hari-ghnaḥslayer of Hari (name)

su-kṛtiḥgood merit; Sukṛti (name)

jyotiḥlight; Jyotis (name)

ayaḥ-mūrtiḥiron-formed; Ayomūrti (name)

ayas-mayaḥmade of iron; Ayasmaya (name)

prathitaḥrenowned; Prathita (name)

caand

manasyuḥManasyu (name)

caand

nabhaḥsky; Nabhas (name)

sūryaḥSun; Sūrya (name)

tathālikewise

evaindeed

caand

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Nīlakaṇṭha

Characters & Entities

Shiva

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

This verse lists Shiva’s divine epithets to guide contemplation: as the destroyer of sin and as Jyoti (pure Light), He is Pati—the supreme Lord who frees the bound soul (paśu) from bonds (pāśa) through grace and right awareness.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

By naming Shiva as Light, Sun, and Sky, the verse supports Saguna upāsanā: devotees worship the Linga as the visible support for meditation, while understanding it points to Shiva’s all-pervading, luminous reality beyond form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Japa of the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” with dhyāna on Shiva as inner Jyoti is suggested; as an aid, one may apply Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and cultivate mind-conquest (manasyu) through steady concentration.