Shloka 61

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

हिमघ्नाय च तीक्ष्णाय आर्द्रचर्मधराय च श्मशानरतिनित्याय नमो ऽस्तूल्मुकधारिणे

Transliteration

himaghnāya ca tīkṣṇāya ārdracarmadharāya ca śmaśānaratinityāya namo 'stūlmukadhāriṇe

Translation

हिमघ्नाय नमः। तीक्ष्णाय नमः। आर्द्रचर्मधराय नमः। श्मशानरतिनित्याय नमः। उल्मुकधारिणे नमोऽस्तु॥

Word by Word

• हिमघ्नाय: to the destroyer of cold (and dullness/ignorance)

• च: and

• तीक्ष्णाय: to the sharp, piercing One

• आर्द्रचर्मधराय: to the bearer/wearer of a wet hide (skin)

• च: and

• श्मशानरतिनित्याय: to Him whose delight is ever in the cremation-ground

• नमः: salutation

• अस्तूल्मुकधारिणे: to the bearer of a firebrand/torch (burning brand)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a traditional Shiva-stuti within the Linga Purana discourse)