Shloka 37
Durgama’s Seizure of the Vedas and the Gods’ Refuge in Yogamāyā (दुर्गमकृतवेदनाशः—योगमायाशरणगमनम्)
योगनिद्रे नमस्तुभ्यं नमस्तेऽस्तु महाबले । नमो ज्ञानप्रदे तुभ्यं विश्वमात्रे नमो नमः
yoganidre namastubhyaṃ namaste'stu mahābale | namo jñānaprade tubhyaṃ viśvamātre namo namaḥ
اے یوگ نِدرا، تجھے نمسکار؛ اے مہابَلے، تجھے نمسکار۔ اے گیان دینے والی، تجھے پرنام؛ اے وِشو ماتا، بار بار نمो نمہ۔
Suta Goswami (narrating the hymn/prayer as it appears in the Uma Samhita context)
Tattva Level: pati
Mantra: योगनिद्रे नमस्तुभ्यं नमस्तेऽस्तु महाबले । नमो ज्ञानप्रदे तुभ्यं विश्वमात्रे नमो नमः
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Durgā
Role: teaching
Offering: dipa
Cosmic Event: Yoga-nidrā as cosmic concealment enabling periodic dissolution/rest and re-emergence
FAQs
It venerates Yoga-nidrā as divine Shakti—an inner power that grants yogic absorption and, more importantly, jñāna (liberating knowledge), affirming that grace and wisdom arise from the universal Mother in the Shiva-Shakti framework.
In Shaiva Siddhanta, Saguna worship of Shiva (often through the Linga) is inseparable from honoring Shakti; this verse highlights Shakti as the knowledge-bestowing power through which the devotee’s Linga-worship matures into inner realization.
A practical takeaway is japa with reverence (e.g., Om Namaḥ Śivāya) followed by meditation on stillness—invoking Yoga-nidrā as the power that quiets the mind and opens the devotee to knowledge and grace.