Shloka 31

Vāmadeva-mata: Rahasya-upadeśa

The Esoteric Teaching of Vāmadeva’s Doctrine

Devanagari script

चतुर्भुजाय शान्ताय शक्तिकुक्कुट धारिणे । वरदाय विहस्ताय नमोऽसुरविदारिणे

Transliteration

caturbhujāya śāntāya śaktikukkuṭa dhāriṇe | varadāya vihastāya namo'suravidāriṇe

Translation

ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ผู้มีสี่กร ผู้สงบเย็น ผู้ทรงถือศักติและสัญลักษณ์ไก่ขัน ผู้ประทานพร ผู้ยกพระหัตถ์พร้อมเสมอ—ขอนอบน้อมแด่ผู้ทรงฉีกทำลายเหล่าอสูร

Word by Word

• चतुर्-भुजाय: to the four-armed (one)
• चतुर्-भुजाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर् (प्रातिपदिक) + भुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (संख्यापूर्वक); पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• शान्ताय: to the peaceful one
• शान्ताय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; स्तुत्यर्थ विशेषण

• शक्ति-कुक्कुट-धारिणे: to the bearer of śakti and the cock (emblem)
• शक्ति-कुक्कुट-धारिणे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + कुक्कुट (प्रातिपदिक) + धारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘धारिन्’ = ‘bearing/holding’

• वरदाय: to the boon-giver
• वरदाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वरं ददाति इति); पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विहस्ताय: to the one with (raised/extended) hands
• विहस्ताय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विहस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (विहस्त = ‘with hands raised/extended’, or ‘free-handed’)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana/Discourse (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक निपात (salutatory particle), सामान्यतः चतुर्थी-सम्बन्धेन

• असुर-विदारिणे: to the splitter of demons
• असुर-विदारिणे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक) + विदारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Kailasha teachings to the sages, presenting a stotra-style verse)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: चतुर्भुजाय शान्ताय शक्तिकुक्कुट धारिणे । वरदाय विहस्ताय नमोऽसुरविदारिणे

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It praises Saguna Shiva as simultaneously śānta (inner stillness) and asura-vidāri (destroyer of obstructive forces), teaching that divine peace is not passive—it protects the devotee by cutting ignorance and hostility that bind the soul (pāśa).

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

Though the Linga points to Nirguna reality, this verse focuses on Shiva’s accessible Saguna aspect—qualities like boon-giving and protection—supporting bhakti worship that culminates in realizing Shiva beyond form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Recite the verse as a namaskāra-stotra alongside japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), meditating on Shiva’s raised hand as abhaya (fearlessness) and vara (boon), asking for removal of inner “asuric” tendencies such as anger, pride, and delusion.