Shloka 7

विष्णुरुवाच—एकाक्षर-प्रणव-लिङ्ग-व्याप्ति-शिवस्तोत्रम्

Devanagari script

वायवे वायुवेगाय नमस्ते वायुव्यापिने तेजसे तेजसां भर्त्रे नमस्तेजो ऽधिव्यापिने

Transliteration

vāyave vāyuvegāya namaste vāyuvyāpine tejase tejasāṃ bhartre namastejo 'dhivyāpine

Translation

顶礼于你为伐由（Vāyu）——风之力与疾速，作为气息遍满一切。顶礼于你为提阇斯（Tejas）——光辉之能，承持诸般灿耀，作为内在明照遍满一切。

Word by Word

• वायवे (vāyave): to Vāyu / as the wind-principle

• वायुवेगाय (vāyuvegāya): to the speed/impetus of wind

• नमस्ते (namas te): salutations to You

• वायुव्यापिने (vāyuvyāpine): all-pervading as air/wind

• तेजसे (tejase): to Tejas, the radiant energy

• तेजसां (tejasām): of radiances/splendors

• भर्त्रे (bhartre): to the bearer/sustainer

• नमस् (namas): salutations

• तेजः-अधिव्यापिने (tejo 'dhivyāpine): pervading over all as supreme brilliance/inner light

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a stuti within the Purva-Bhaga’s Linga-centered theology)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vayu
• Tejas

FAQs

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

It frames Linga-puja as worship of Shiva not merely as a form, but as the indwelling Lord (Pati) who pervades the elemental powers—Vayu (prana, movement) and Tejas (illumination)—that sustain embodied life.

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

Shiva-tattva is presented as adhivyāpī—supremely pervasive—manifesting as the subtle regulators of the cosmos: the all-pervading air (vayu) and the inner radiance that upholds all lights (tejas), while remaining their sovereign source.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A contemplative stuti used in puja and Pashupata-oriented meditation: aligning breath (Vayu/prana) and inner luminosity (Tejas) to recognize Shiva as the immanent Pati beyond the pasha of elemental identification.