Shloka 107

अध्याय ९६: शरभ-प्रादुर्भावः, नृसिंह-दर्पशमनम्, विष्णोः शिवस्तुतिः, फलश्रुति

Devanagari script

इहास्मान्पाहि भगवन् नित्याहतमहाबलः भवता हि जगत्सर्वं व्याप्तं स्वेनैव तेजसा

Transliteration

ihāsmānpāhi bhagavan nityāhatamahābalaḥ bhavatā hi jagatsarvaṃ vyāptaṃ svenaiva tejasā

Translation

హే భగవాన్! ఇక్కడ మమ్మల్ని రక్షించుము—నీ మహాబలం ఎప్పుడూ క్షీణించదు. నీ స్వతేజస్సుతోనే ఈ సమస్త జగత్తు వ్యాపించి ఉంది।

Word by Word

• iha: here (in this world)

• asmān: us

• pāhi: protect

• bhagavan: O Blessed Lord

• nitya: ever/always

• āhata: struck/overcome (negated here as ‘never overcome’)

• mahā-balaḥ: of great power/might

• bhavatā: by You

• hi: indeed

• jagat: the world/universe

• sarvam: all/entire

• vyāptam: pervaded/filled

• svena eva: by Your own alone

• tejasā: by radiance/splendor/spiritual potency

Speaker

Suta (narrating a hymnic prayer voiced by devotees/devas within the episode)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It frames Shiva as the immanent Pati whose own tejas pervades all; Linga-worship here becomes contemplation of that all-pervading presence and a direct plea for protection.

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

Shiva-tattva is presented as inexhaustible power (never diminished) and universal pervasion—His self-born radiance sustains and fills the whole jagat, indicating both transcendence and immanence.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A stuti-based upāsanā: taking refuge (śaraṇāgati) and meditating on Shiva’s tejas as the inner pervader—aligned with Pāśupata orientation of turning the pashu toward Pati to loosen pasha.