Śiva-nāma-sahasraka-kathana
The Recital/Teaching of the Thousand Names of Śiva
अपराजितः सर्वसहो गोविंदः सत्त्ववाहनः । अधृतः स्वधृतः सिद्धः पूतमूर्तिर्यशोधनः
aparājitaḥ sarvasaho goviṃdaḥ sattvavāhanaḥ | adhṛtaḥ svadhṛtaḥ siddhaḥ pūtamūrtiryaśodhanaḥ
Ngài là Đấng Bất Bại, chịu đựng tất cả; Đấng hộ trì thế gian và mang chuyên chở sattva thanh tịnh. Ngài không nương tựa ai mà tự nương nơi chính mình; Đấng viên thành thường hằng, thân tướng hoàn toàn tinh khiết, và làm rạng danh thánh thiện.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: No direct Jyotirliṅga linkage; the verse stresses Śiva’s self-subsistence (svadhṛta) and invincibility (aparājita), typical of universal-theology stuti rather than site-māhātmya.
Significance: Contemplation of Śiva as ‘adhṛta/svadhṛta’ supports vairāgya and śaraṇāgati: the devotee relies on the self-supported Lord rather than contingent supports.
Type: stotra
The verse praises Shiva as invincible and self-sustained (svadhṛta), indicating the Shaiva Siddhanta view of Pati (Shiva) as the independent Supreme who grants purity and spiritual attainment to the bound soul (paśu).
Such epithets are used in stotra-style worship of Saguna Shiva and the Jyotirlinga, where devotees contemplate Shiva’s qualities—purity, perfection, and lordship—while recognizing that the Linga points to the transcendent reality beyond all supports (adhṛta).
A practical takeaway is nāma-japa and nāma-archana: recite these names of Shiva with the Panchakshara mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), offering bilva leaves and applying tripuṇḍra (bhasma) as a reminder of inner purity (pūtamūrti).