Shloka 41

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

Devanagari script

लोककर्ता भूतपतिर् महाकर्ता महौषधी उत्तरो गोपतिर्गोप्ता ज्ञानगम्यः पुरातनः

Transliteration

lokakartā bhūtapatir mahākartā mahauṣadhī uttaro gopatirgoptā jñānagamyaḥ purātanaḥ

Translation

लोककर्ता भूतपतिर् महाकर्ता महौषधी। उत्तरो गोपतिर्गोप्ता ज्ञानगम्यः पुरातनः॥

Word by Word

• लोककर्ता: maker of the worlds

• भूतपतिः: lord of beings/elements (Pati of bhūtas)

• महाकर्ता: the great creator/doer

• महौषधी: the great medicine/supreme healing herb

• उत्तरो: the higher/transcendent one

• गोपतिः: lord of cows (and protector of dharma)

• गोप्ता: protector/guardian

• ज्ञानगम्यः: reachable through knowledge (jñāna)

• पुरातनः: the ancient, primordial one

Speaker

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