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Shloka 26

Vighneshvara-Prashna and Deva-Krita Shiva-Stava

Adhyaya 104

यमाग्निवायुरुद्रांबुसोमशक्रनिशाचरैः दिङ्मुखे दिङ्मुखे नित्यं सगणैः पूजिताय ते

yamāgnivāyurudrāṃbusomaśakraniśācaraiḥ diṅmukhe diṅmukhe nityaṃ sagaṇaiḥ pūjitāya te

ਹੇ ਪਤੀ! ਯਮ, ਅਗਨੀ, ਵਾਯੂ, ਰੁਦ੍ਰ, ਵਰੁਣ (ਜਲਾਧਿਪਤੀ), ਸੋਮ, ਸ਼ਕ੍ਰ (ਇੰਦਰ) ਅਤੇ ਨਿਸ਼ਾਚਰ—ਹਰ ਦਿਸ਼ਾ ਦੇ ਦੁਆਰ ਉੱਤੇ—ਤੇਰੇ ਗਣਾਂ ਸਮੇਤ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਨਿੱਤ ਪੂਜਦੇ ਹਨ।

yamaYama (Lord of restraint/death)
yama:
agniFire-deity, sacrificial flame
agni:
vāyuWind-deity, vital breath
vāyu:
rudraRudra (fierce form of Shiva / Rudra-deity)
rudra:
ambuwater
ambu:
somaSoma (moon/nectar principle)
soma:
śakraŚakra, Indra
śakra:
niśācaraiḥby night-wanderers (yakṣa/rākṣasa/piśāca-type beings)
niśācaraiḥ:
diṅmukhe diṅmukhein each direction, at each directional face/gate
diṅmukhe diṅmukhe:
nityamalways, eternally
nityam:
sagaṇaiḥalong with (your) gaṇas/attendants
sagaṇaiḥ:
pūjitāyaworshipped/revered
pūjitāya:
teyou (O Lord)
te:

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)