Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 25
नन्दी श्वरो महाकायो ग्रामणीर्वृषभध्वज: । ईश्वरा: सर्वलोकानां गणेश्व॒रविनायका:
nandīśvaro mahākāyo grāmaṇī vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ | īśvarāḥ sarvalokānāṃ gaṇeśvaravināyakāḥ, kīrtayan prayataḥ sarvān sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate |
Wika ni Bhishma: “Ang sinumang may pagpipigil-sa-sarili at dalisay ang layon, at bumibigkas ng mga pangalan ni Śiva—si Nandīśvara, ang may dakilang katawan, ang pinuno ng mga pangkat, ang may bandilang may toro; ang Panginoon ng lahat ng daigdig; si Gaṇeśvara at si Vināyaka—tunay na ang sinumang pumupuri sa lahat ng banal na kapangyarihang ito ay napapalaya sa bawat kasalanan.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Disciplined and sincere recitation of divine names (especially Śiva and associated powers) is presented as a means of ethical purification—freeing a person from accumulated wrongdoing and strengthening commitment to dharma.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction (Anuśāsana Parva), he enumerates revered names/epithets connected with Śiva and his hosts, stating that a person who praises them with restraint and purity becomes liberated from all sins.