Śiva-nāma-sahasraka-kathana
The Recital/Teaching of the Thousand Names of Śiva
सुलभस्सुव्रतश्शूरो वाङ्मयैकनिधिर्निधिः । वर्णाश्रमगुरुर्वर्णी शत्रुजिच्छत्रुतापनः
sulabhassuvrataśśūro vāṅmayaikanidhirnidhiḥ | varṇāśramagururvarṇī śatrujicchatrutāpanaḥ
وہ سهل الوصول، نیک عہد والا اور بہادر ہے؛ وाङ्मय (مقدس کلام) کا یکتا خزانہ اور خود خزانۂ نعمت ہے۔ وہ ورن-آشرم دھرم کا گرو-آچار्य ہے؛ دشمنوں کو زیر کرنے والا اور انہیں سزا دینے والا ہے۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
It praises Shiva as sulabha—readily reached by sincere devotion—while also affirming him as the source of sacred knowledge and the inner strength that conquers hostile tendencies, aligning the devotee with dharma and liberation.
By describing Shiva’s approachable, vow-protecting nature and his role as the repository of Vedic speech, the verse supports Saguna worship—especially Linga worship—where the devotee meets Shiva through tangible devotion, mantra, and disciplined practice.
Adopt suvrata (disciplined vows) and daily Shiva-upāsanā—reciting the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” offering water/bilva to the Linga, and maintaining ethical restraint as the practical way to ‘attain’ the sulabha Lord.