Shloka 25
Viṣṇoḥ Sahasranāma-stotreṇa Śiva-prasādaḥ
Vishnu’s Thousand-Name Hymn and Shiva’s Grace
यश्च प्रातस्समुत्थाय पूजां कृत्वा मदीयिकाम् । पठते मत्समक्षं वै नित्यं सिद्धिर्न दूरतः
yaśca prātassamutthāya pūjāṃ kṛtvā madīyikām | paṭhate matsamakṣaṃ vai nityaṃ siddhirna dūrataḥ
ผู้ใดตื่นขึ้นยามเช้า บูชาต่อเรา แล้วสวดอ่านเป็นนิตย์ประหนึ่งอยู่ต่อหน้าเรา—ความสำเร็จทางจิตวิญญาณ (สิทธิ) ย่อมไม่ไกลจากผู้นั้น
Lord Shiva (as the deity praising the fruit of daily worship and recitation in the Kotirudrasaṃhitā context)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Significance: Defines a daily ‘micro-pilgrimage’: dawn rising, pūjā, and pāṭha ‘before Śiva’—a home/temple regimen promising siddhi through proximity (sāmīpya-bhāva) to the Lord.
Type: stotra
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It teaches that dawn-time discipline (prātaḥ-sādhanā), Shiva-pūjā, and steady recitation done with the feeling of Shiva’s immediate presence quickly ripen into siddhi—spiritual fruition through Shiva’s grace.
The instruction assumes Saguna upāsanā—approaching Shiva in a worshipable form (such as the Śiva-liṅga) and then reciting with bhāva that one is directly before Him (mat-samakṣam), making the ritual and the recitation one continuous act of devotion.
Rise at dawn, perform Shiva-pūjā (optionally with pañcākṣarī japa—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), then recite the relevant Shiva Purana passage daily with focused attention and the inner conviction of being in Shiva’s presence.