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Shloka 35

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

तमोहरो महायोगी गोप्ता ब्रह्माङ्गहृज्जटी कालकालः कृत्तिवासाः सुभगः प्रणवात्मकः

tamoharo mahāyogī goptā brahmāṅgahṛjjaṭī kālakālaḥ kṛttivāsāḥ subhagaḥ praṇavātmakaḥ

ਉਹ ਤਮੋਹਰ, ਮਹਾਯੋਗੀ, ਰੱਖਿਆਕਰਤਾ, ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ-ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ ਧਾਰੀ ਜਟਾਧਾਰੀ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਹੈ। ਉਹ ਕਾਲ ਦਾ ਵੀ ਕਾਲ, ਚਰਮ-ਵਸਤ੍ਰਧਾਰੀ, ਪਰਮ ਸ਼ੁਭ ਤੇ ਸੁਭਾਗਾ, ਅਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਣਵ ‘ਓਂ’ ਦਾ ਸਵਰੂਪ ਹੈ।

तमोहरःremover of tamas/darkness/ignorance
तमोहरः:
महायोगीthe supreme yogin, master of Pāśupata-yoga
महायोगी:
गोप्ताprotector/guardian of the pashus (bound souls) and the worlds
गोप्ता:
ब्रह्माङ्गहृत्-जटीthe matted-haired Lord connected with/marked by Brahmā (bearing Brahmā’s sign, and holding it at His heart/body)
ब्रह्माङ्गहृत्-जटी:
काल-कालःthe one who subdues Time and Death, death of death
काल-कालः:
कृत्तिवासाःwearer of a skin (tiger/elephant-hide), sign of ascetic sovereignty
कृत्तिवासाः:
सुभगःauspicious, gracious, bestower of good fortune
सुभगः:
प्रणवात्मकःwhose nature is Praṇava (Oṁ), the seed of Veda and mantra
प्रणवात्मकः:

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-names to the sages of Naimisharanya)