Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 46
वीरभद्रक्रोधशमनं देवस्तुतिश्च
Pacification of Vīrabhadra and the Gods’ Hymn
मखपाल मखाधीश मखविध्वंसकारक । कृपां कुरु मशानापराधं नः क्षमस्व वै
makhapāla makhādhīśa makhavidhvaṃsakāraka | kṛpāṃ kuru maśānāparādhaṃ naḥ kṣamasva vai
اے یَجْن کے نگہبان، اے یَجْن کے ادھیش، اے یَجْن کو وِدھونس کرنے والے! اے مہیشان، کرپا فرما؛ شمشان سے وابستہ ہمارے اپرادھ کو یقیناً معاف کر دے۔
Sages/devotees addressing Lord Shiva (within Suta Goswami’s Vayu Samhita narration)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Rudra
Mantra: makhapāla makhādhīśa makhavidhvaṃsakāraka | kṛpāṃ kuru maśānāparādhaṃ naḥ kṣamasva vai
Type: stotra
Role: destructive
Offering: dipa
FAQs
It expresses śaraṇāgati (surrender): even when one errs in sacred observance, liberation depends on Shiva’s anugraha (grace), not on ritual pride. Shiva is praised as the true Lord of yajña who dissolves ego-bound religiosity.
Addressing Shiva with personal epithets and asking forgiveness is classic Saguna-bhakti. In Linga worship too, the devotee approaches Shiva as the compassionate Lord who accepts repentance and purifies offences through devotion.
Atonement through humble confession and mantra-japa—especially the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—along with reverent conduct in Shiva’s sacred spaces (including maśāna symbolism: impermanence and dispassion) is implied.