Shloka 37

मुनिमोहशमनम्

Pāśupata-yoga, Siddhis, Puruṣa-darśana, Saṃsāra, and Prāṇa-Rudra Pañcāhutī

Devanagari script

विश्वपादशिरोग्रीवं विश्वेशं विश्वरूपिणम् विश्वगन्धं विश्वमाल्यं विश्वांबरधरं प्रभुम्

Transliteration

viśvapādaśirogrīvaṃ viśveśaṃ viśvarūpiṇam viśvagandhaṃ viśvamālyaṃ viśvāṃbaradharaṃ prabhum

Translation

विश्वपादशिरोग्रीवं विश्वेशं विश्वरूपिणम् । विश्वगन्धं विश्वमाल्यं विश्वाम्बरधरं प्रभुम् ॥

Word by Word

• विश्व (viśva): universe, all

• पाद (pāda): feet

• शिरस् (śiras): head

• ग्रीव (grīva): neck

• विश्वपादशिरोग्रीवम् (viśva-pāda-śiro-grīvam): whose feet, head, and neck are the universe

• विश्वेशम् (viśveśam): Lord of the universe

• विश्वरूपिणम् (viśva-rūpiṇam): of cosmic/universal form

• विश्वगन्धम् (viśva-gandham): whose fragrance is the universe (all-pervading essence)

• विश्वमाल्यम् (viśva-mālyam): whose garland is the universe (all beings as adornment)

• विश्वांबरधरम् (viśvāmbara-dharam): wearing the universe as clothing

• प्रभुम् (prabhum): the supreme Lord, Master (Pati)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a hymn/stuti within the Linga Purana context)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It establishes the Linga’s theological meaning: the worshipped Pati (Shiva) is not a limited deity but the cosmic Lord whose very “body” is the universe—so Linga-Puja is reverence to the all-pervading Mahadeva.

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

Shiva is portrayed as Viśveśvara and Viśvarūpa: the immanent ground of all names and forms, yet the sovereign Prabhu (Pati) who contains and transcends the cosmos, with the universe as His adornment and vesture.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A stuti-based upāsanā: in Linga-Puja and Pāśupata-oriented meditation, the sādhaka contemplates Shiva as all-pervasive (viśva-rūpa), dissolving pasha-bound separateness and aligning the pashu (soul) toward liberation through devotion and insight.