Shloka 46

शिवार्चनविधिः — देवतानां पाशुपतव्रतप्राप्तिः तथा पशुपाशविमोक्षणम् (अध्याय ८०)

Devanagari script

भो भो देवा महाभागाः सर्वे निर्धूतकल्मषाः सम्प्राप्ताः सर्वलोकेशा वक्तुमर्हथ सुव्रताः

Transliteration

bho bho devā mahābhāgāḥ sarve nirdhūtakalmaṣāḥ samprāptāḥ sarvalokeśā vaktumarhatha suvratāḥ

Translation

भो भो देवाः महाभागाः सर्वे निर्धूतकल्मषाः। सम्प्राप्ताः सर्वलोकेशाः वक्तुमर्हथ सुव्रताः॥

Word by Word

• भो भो (bho bho): O! O! (a solemn call)

• देवा (devāḥ): O gods

• महाभागाः (mahābhāgāḥ): highly fortunate, illustrious

• सर्वे (sarve): all

• निर्धूतकल्मषाः (nirdhūta-kalmaṣāḥ): with sins/impurities shaken off, purified

• सम्प्राप्ताः (samprāptāḥ): having arrived/assembled

• सर्वलोकेशाः (sarva-lokeśāḥ): lords of all worlds

• वक्तुम् (vaktum): to speak

• अर्हथ (arhatha): you are worthy/ought

• सुव्रताः (su-vratāḥ): of good vows, disciplined in observances

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating an internal address to the assembled Devas within the story)

Characters & Entities

• Devas

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It establishes adhikāra (eligibility): the Devas are described as purified and vow-observant, implying that approaching the Linga/Śiva-tattva requires inner cleansing (kalmaṣa-kṣaya) and disciplined vrata before instruction or ritual guidance is given.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Indirectly, it frames Śiva as Pati—the supreme principle about whom the “lords of the worlds” must speak only after purification; the hierarchy suggests that even cosmic rulers seek articulation of the highest truth, which in Shaiva Siddhanta culminates in Pati as the liberating Lord beyond pasha (bondage) of impurity.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Vrata-dharma and śuddhi (purification) are emphasized: being “nirdhūta-kalmaṣa” and “su-vrata” aligns with preparatory disciplines that precede Śiva-pūjā and Pāśupata-oriented practice—ethical restraint, observance, and inner cleansing before receiving or delivering teaching.