Shloka 11

Vighneshvara-Prashna and Deva-Krita Shiva-Stava

Adhyaya 104

Devanagari script

कालकण्ठाय मुख्याय वाहनाय वराय ते अंबिकापतये तुभ्यं हिरण्यपतये नमः

Transliteration

kālakaṇṭhāya mukhyāya vāhanāya varāya te aṃbikāpataye tubhyaṃ hiraṇyapataye namaḥ

Translation

ਨੀਲਕੰਠ, ਪਰਮ ਮੁੱਖ, ਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ ਵਾਹਨ-ਸਰੂਪ ਤੇ ਵਰਦਾਤਾ, ਅੰਬਿਕਾ-ਪਤੀ, ਅਤੇ ਹਿਰਣ੍ਯ-ਸਮ੍ਰਿੱਧੀ ਦੇ ਸਵਾਮੀ—ਤੈਨੂੰ ਨਮਹ।

Word by Word

• कालकण्ठाय: to the Blue-throated One (Śiva)

• मुख्याय: to the Chief/Supreme Principal

• वाहनाय: to the Bearer/Vehicle-lord (the One who bears and conveys beings

• वराय: to the Excellent One / Bestower of boons

• ते: to you

• अंबिकापतये: to the husband of Ambikā (Pārvatī)

• तुभ्यं: unto you

• हिरण्यपतये: to the Lord of hiraṇya (gold, splendor, wealth)

• नमः: salutation

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shaiva stuti within the Linga Purana’s praise-context)