Shloka 14

Vighneshvara-Prashna and Deva-Krita Shiva-Stava

Adhyaya 104

Devanagari script

पञ्चमाय महापञ्चयज्ञिनां फलदाय च पञ्चास्यफणिहाराय पञ्चाक्षरमयाय ते

Transliteration

pañcamāya mahāpañcayajñināṃ phaladāya ca pañcāsyaphaṇihārāya pañcākṣaramayāya te

Translation

ਪੰਚਮ (ਪੰਜ ਤੋਂ ਪਰੇ) ਸਰੂਪ, ਮਹਾਪੰਚਯਜ्ञ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਫਲ ਦੇਣ ਵਾਲੇ, ਪੰਚਾਸ੍ਯ ਉੱਤੇ ਫਣੀਹਾਰ ਧਾਰਨ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ, ਅਤੇ ਪੰਚਾਕ੍ਸ਼ਰ (ਨਮਹ ਸ਼ਿਵਾਯ) ਮਯ—ਤੈਨੂੰ ਨਮਹ।

Word by Word

• पञ्चमाय: to the Fifth (the transcendent principle beyond the five)

• महापञ्चयज्ञिनाम्: of those who perform the great five sacrifices

• फलदाय: bestower of results/fruits

• च: and

• पञ्चास्य: five-faced

• फणिहाराय: to the wearer of serpent-hoods/serpents as an ornament

• पञ्चाक्षरमयाय: whose nature is the five-syllabled (mantra)

• ते: to You (salutation implied).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-stuti within the Linga Purana’s Purva-Bhaga context)