Shloka 33

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

Devanagari script

वामदेवो महादेवः पाण्डुः परिदृढो दृढः विश्वरूपो विरूपाक्षो वागीशः शुचिरन्तरः

Transliteration

vāmadevo mahādevaḥ pāṇḍuḥ paridṛḍho dṛḍhaḥ viśvarūpo virūpākṣo vāgīśaḥ śucirantaraḥ

Translation

स वामदेवो महादेवः पाण्डुः परिदृढो दृढः। विश्वरूपो विरूपाक्षो वागीशः शुचिरन्तरः॥

Word by Word

• वामदेवः: Vāmadeva, the gracious/auspicious aspect of Shiva

• महादेवः: Mahādeva, the Supreme Great Lord (Pati)

• पाण्डुः: the pure, bright, radiant One

• परिदृढः: perfectly firm, thoroughly steadfast

• दृढः: unshakable, unwavering

• विश्वरूपः: whose form is the universe, all-pervading

• विरूपाक्षः: the three-eyed Lord, whose vision transcends ordinary appearance

• वागीशः: lord of speech/mantra, master of Veda and revelation

• शुचिरन्तरः: inwardly pure, pure within, indwelling purity

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva Sahasranama to the sages of Naimisharanya)