Shloka 15

Adhyaya 44: Nandikesvara’s Manifestation and Abhisheka; The Rule of Namaskara in Shiva-Nama

Devanagari script

शृणुध्वं यत्कृते यूयम् इहाहूता जगद्धिताः श्रुत्वा च प्रयतात्मानः कुरुध्वं तदशङ्किताः

Transliteration

śṛṇudhvaṃ yatkṛte yūyam ihāhūtā jagaddhitāḥ śrutvā ca prayatātmānaḥ kurudhvaṃ tadaśaṅkitāḥ

Translation

హే జగద్ధితైషులారా, ఏ ప్రయోజనార్థం మిమ్మల్ని ఇక్కడికి ఆహ్వానించామో దానిని వినండి. విని నియతమనస్సుతో, సందేహం లేకుండా ఆ కార్యాన్ని నిర్వర్తించండి।

Word by Word

• शृणुध्वम्: listen (all of you)

• यत्कृते: for which purpose

• यूयम्: you

• इह: here

• आहूताः: summoned/called

• जगद्धिताः: devoted to the welfare of the universe

• श्रुत्वा: having heard

• च: and

• प्रयतात्मानः: self-restrained, purified in mind

• कुरुध्वम्: do/perform

• तत्: that (task/command)

• अशङ्किताः: without fear, without doubt

Speaker

Shiva (as Pati, issuing instruction to the assembled devas/gana-s for jagad-hita)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Shiva’s ājñā (command) as the basis of right action: devotees and divine beings serve jagad-hita with a purified mind, which is the inner spirit behind Linga-pūjā—service offered to Pati without doubt.

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

Shiva appears as Pati—the sovereign guide who summons beings for cosmic welfare and directs them toward dharmic action; his word steadies the pashu (soul) and loosens pasha (bondage) through clarity and resolve.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The yogic discipline of prayatātman—self-restraint and mental purification—followed by aśaṅkita-kriyā (fearless, doubtless performance of duty), aligning with the Pāśupata ethos of action rooted in Shiva’s injunction.