Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 87
Śiva-nāma-sahasraka-kathana
The Recital/Teaching of the Thousand Names of Śiva
न्यायनिर्मायको नेयो न्यायगम्यो निरंजनः । सहस्रमूर्द्धा देवेंद्रस्सर्वशस्त्रप्रभंजनः
nyāyanirmāyako neyo nyāyagamyo niraṃjanaḥ | sahasramūrddhā deveṃdrassarvaśastraprabhaṃjanaḥ
Siya ang mismong tagapaglikha ng dharma at ng wastong kaayusan; Siya ang dapat makilala nang tunay, at natatamo sa landas ng katarungan at katotohanan. Walang dungis at di nadadapuan ng karumihan, Siya ang Panginoon ng mga diyos na may sanlibong ulo, ang dumudurog sa bawat sandata—di matatalo sa lahat ng daigdig.
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s praise to the sages at Naimisharanya, typical Koṭirudrasaṃhitā frame)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Mantra: न्यायनिर्मायको नेयो न्यायगम्यो निरंजनः । सहस्रमूर्द्धा देवेंद्रस्सर्वशस्त्रप्रभंजनः
Type: stotra
FAQs
It presents Shiva as Pati—the pure, stainless Lord who establishes cosmic order (nyāya) and is realized through righteousness and true discernment, pointing to liberation through alignment with dharma and inner purity.
Though Shiva is described as nirañjana (beyond impurity), devotees approach Him through saguna worship—especially the Shiva-Linga—where dharmic living and devotion mature into direct realization of the stainless Reality.
Practice truthfulness and dharma as a daily vrata, while doing Linga-pūjā with the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya); meditate on Shiva as nirañjana to ‘shatter weapons’—the inner forces of anger, pride, and delusion.