Shloka 12
Daśa-Śivāvatāra-Nirūpaṇa
Enumeration of Ten Prime Manifestations of Śiva with Their Śaktis
एते दशमिताः शैवा अवतारास्सुखप्रदाः । भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदाश्चैव भक्तानां सर्वदास्सताम्
ete daśamitāḥ śaivā avatārāssukhapradāḥ | bhuktimuktipradāścaiva bhaktānāṃ sarvadāssatām
இவ்வாறு எண்ணப்பட்ட இந்த பத்து சைவ அவதாரங்கள் மங்களமான இன்பத்தை அளிப்பவை. நல்லொழுக்கமுள்ள பக்தர்களுக்கு எப்போதும் போகமும் முக்தியும் இரண்டையும் அருள்வர்.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Sthala Purana: Generalized phalaśruti-style summary: Śiva’s manifestations are ‘sukha-prada’ and ‘bhukti-mukti-prada’ to sat-bhaktas; not tied to a single shrine in the verse.
Significance: Affirms the doctrinal promise that devotion to Śiva’s forms yields both welfare and liberation, encouraging pilgrimage and worship across Śaiva sites.
Type: stotra
FAQs
It affirms Shiva as Pati (the supreme Lord) whose compassionate manifestations grant both well-being in life (bhukti) and final freedom (mukti) to sincere, virtuous devotees through grace.
By praising Shiva’s avatāras as ‘sukhapradāḥ’ and ‘bhukti-mukti-pradāḥ,’ it supports Saguna worship—such as Linga devotion—where the Lord is approached in a worshipable form that channels divine grace toward both worldly harmony and liberation.
The verse implies steady bhakti as the means; a practical takeaway is daily Linga-pūjā with the Panchakshara mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), supported by Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as traditional Shaiva aids to devotion and inner purification.