Shloka 40
अध्याय ८२ — व्यपोहनस्तवः (पापव्यपोहन-स्तोत्रम्)
Devanagari script
महादेवः शिवो रुद्रः शङ्करो नीललोहितः ईशानो विजयो भीमो देवदेवो भवोद्भवः
Transliteration
mahādevaḥ śivo rudraḥ śaṅkaro nīlalohitaḥ īśāno vijayo bhīmo devadevo bhavodbhavaḥ
Translation
महादेवः शिवो रुद्रः शङ्करो नीललोहितः। ईशानो विजयो भीमो देवदेवो भवोद्भवः॥
Word by Word
महादेवःthe Great God (Pati, supreme Lord)
महादेवः:
शिवःthe auspicious one, bestower of liberation
शिवः:
रुद्रःthe fierce remover of sorrow, the howling Lord
रुद्रः:
शङ्करःthe beneficent one, maker of auspiciousness
शङ्करः:
नीललोहितःblue-and-reddish (cosmic form of Rudra)
नीललोहितः:
ईशानःthe sovereign ruler, Īśāna aspect
ईशानः:
विजयःvictory, the victorious Lord
विजयः:
भीमःthe formidable/terrible one who destroys pāśa (bondage)
भीमः:
देवदेवःGod of gods, supreme among devas
देवदेवः:
भवोद्भवःthe origin of bhava (becoming/existence), source of manifestation
भवोद्भवः:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-nama stuti within the Linga Purana discourse to the sages of Naimisharanya)