Shloka 115

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

Devanagari script

सहस्रबाहुः सर्वेशः शरण्यः सर्वलोकभृत् पद्मासनः परं ज्योतिः परावरं परं फलम्

Transliteration

sahasrabāhuḥ sarveśaḥ śaraṇyaḥ sarvalokabhṛt padmāsanaḥ paraṃ jyotiḥ parāvaraṃ paraṃ phalam

Translation

ਉਹ ਸਹਸ੍ਰਬਾਹੁ, ਸਰਵੇਸ਼ਵਰ, ਸਭ ਦਾ ਸ਼ਰਨਦਾਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਸਭ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦਾ ਧਾਰਕ ਹੈ। ਪਦਮਾਸਨ ਉੱਤੇ ਬਿਰਾਜਮਾਨ ਉਹ ਪਰਮ ਜੋਤਿ ਹੈ—ਪਰ ਅਤੇ ਅਪਰ ਤੋਂ ਪਰੇ—ਅਤੇ ਬੱਧ ਜੀਵ ਲਈ ਪਰਮ ਫਲ, ਅਰਥਾਤ ਮੋਖ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• सहस्रबाहुः: thousand-armed (possessing infinite powers)

• सर्वेशः: Lord of all (Pati of all beings)

• शरण्यः: worthy of refuge, protector

• सर्वलोकभृत्: supporter/sustainer of all worlds

• पद्मासनः: lotus-seated (established in pure, transcendent seat)

• परं: supreme, ultimate

• ज्योतिः: light, consciousness-principle

• परावरम्: higher-and-lower, the entire range of manifest/unmanifest

• परं फलम्: the highest fruit—mokṣa, the final attainment

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a received Shiva-stuti within the Linga Purana’s discourse)