Shloka 89

Devanagari script

भद्रा भद्रपदा देवी शिवलोके व्यवस्थिता माता गवां महाभागा सा मे पापं व्यपोहतु

Transliteration

bhadrā bhadrapadā devī śivaloke vyavasthitā mātā gavāṃ mahābhāgā sā me pāpaṃ vyapohatu

Translation

भद्रा भद्रपदा देवी शिवलोके व्यवस्थिता। माता गवां महाभागा सा मे पापं व्यपोहतु॥

Word by Word

• भद्रा (bhadrā): Bhadrā, the Auspicious One

• भद्रपदा (bhadrapadā): she whose feet/steps are auspicious

• देवी (devī): Goddess

• शिवलोके (śivaloke): in Śiva-loka, Śiva’s realm

• व्यवस्थिता (vyavasthitā): established, abiding

• माता (mātā): mother

• गवाम् (gavām): of cows

• महाभागा (mahābhāgā): greatly fortunate, most blessed

• सा (sā): she

• मे (me): for me, my

• पापम् (pāpam): sin, demerit

• व्यपोहतु (vyapohatu): may she remove, dispel

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating as an invocation within the Linga Purana’s discourse on the sanctity of cows and Shiva-aligned merit)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Bhadrā Devī

FAQs

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

It functions as a purification-invocation: by remembering a Devi established in Shiva-loka and revered as the mother of cows, the devotee seeks removal of pāpa before approaching Shiva’s worship and merit-bearing acts.

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

Shiva-tattva is implied as the supreme, pure realm (Śiva-loka) where auspicious Shakti-forms abide; purification from pāpa supports the pashu’s movement away from pasha toward closeness with Pati, Shiva.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A smaraṇa-based prayoga (remembrance/invocation) for pāpa-kṣaya (sin-dispelling), aligning the practitioner’s inner state for Shaiva puja and for loosening pasha through devotion and purity.