Shloka 36

अध्याय ८२ — व्यपोहनस्तवः (पापव्यपोहन-स्तोत्रम्)

Devanagari script

भृङ्गीशः पिङ्गलाक्षो ऽसौ भसिताशस्तु देहयुक् शिवार्चनरतः श्रीमान् स मे पापं व्यपोहतु

Transliteration

bhṛṅgīśaḥ piṅgalākṣo 'sau bhasitāśastu dehayuk śivārcanarataḥ śrīmān sa me pāpaṃ vyapohatu

Translation

وہ شریمان بھِرنگیش، جن کی آنکھیں پِنگل رنگ کی ہیں، جن کے جسم پر پاک بھسم آراستہ ہے، اور جو شِو-ارچن میں رَت ہیں—وہ میرا پاپ دور کریں۔

Word by Word

• भृङ्गीशः (bhṛṅgīśaḥ): Bhṛṅgīśa (a chief of Śiva’s attendants)

• पिङ्गलाक्षः (piṅgalākṣaḥ): yellow/tawny-eyed

• असौ (asau): that (one)

• भसित-आशः (bhasita-āśaḥ): smeared/marked with sacred ash (bhasma)

• तु (tu): indeed

• देह-युक् (deha-yuk): possessing a body, embodied

• शिव-अर्चन-रतः (śiva-arcana-rataḥ): devoted to Śiva’s worship

• श्रीमान् (śrīmān): illustrious, endowed with auspicious splendor

• सः (saḥ): he

• मे (me): my

• पापम् (pāpam): sin, demerit

• व्यपोहतु (vyapohatu): may he remove, dispel.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a devotional eulogy/prayer within the Linga Purana’s Purva-Bhaga)

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛṅgīśa
• Shiva

FAQs

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

It highlights Śiva-arcana (worship of Śiva/Liṅga) as intrinsically purifying, showing that devotion—marked outwardly by bhasma—invokes grace that dispels pāpa (demerit).

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

Śiva is implied as Pati, the Lord whose proximity and worship grant purification; even His devotee/gaṇa (Bhṛṅgīśa) becomes a conduit of that sanctifying power, indicating Śiva’s grace operating through His śivabhaktas.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Bhasma-dhāraṇa (wearing sacred ash) and Śiva-arcana (formal worship) are emphasized—classic Pāśupata-leaning markers of discipline aimed at loosening pāśa (bondage) for the paśu (individual soul).