Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 128

Śiva-nāma-sahasraka-kathana

The Recital/Teaching of the Thousand Names of Śiva

Devanagari script

सर्वयोनिर्निरातंको नरनारायणप्रियः । निर्लेपो यतिसंगात्मा निर्व्यंगो व्यंगनाशनः

Transliteration

sarvayonirnirātaṃko naranārāyaṇapriyaḥ | nirlepo yatisaṃgātmā nirvyaṃgo vyaṃganāśanaḥ

Translation

祂是一切出生之源，也是一切根本之所依；清净无染，不受垢污。为那罗与那罗延所敬爱，祂不为不净所触——常与离欲修行者（行者、遁世者）的清净同住与内在境界相应。祂自身无缺，能摧灭归依者的一切过失。

Word by Word

• सर्वयोनिः: the one who is the source of all wombs/origins
• सर्वयोनिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (विशेषण-विशेष्यभावः)

• निरातङ्कः: free from fear/without disturbance
• निरातङ्कः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + आतङ्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपसर्गपूर्वक-निषेधार्थक विशेषण

• नरनारायणप्रियः: dear to Nara-Nārāyaṇa
• नरनारायणप्रियः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नर + नारायण + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नरनारायणयोः प्रियः)

• निर्लेपः: unstained/unattached
• निर्लेपः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + लेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• यतिसङ्गात्मा: whose nature is association with ascetics
• यतिसङ्गात्मा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति + सङ्ग + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यतिसङ्गस्य आत्मा/स्वभावः)

• निर्व्यङ्गः: without deformity/blemish
• निर्व्यङ्गः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + व्यङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• व्यङ्गनाशनः: destroyer of blemishes
• व्यङ्गनाशनः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यङ्ग + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (व्यङ्गस्य नाशनः)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

The verse praises Shiva as Pati—the stainless Lord beyond karmic taint (nirlepa) and the ultimate source and support of all beings. In Shaiva Siddhanta terms, He is untouched by pasha (bondage) yet has the power to remove devotees’ defects and lead them toward liberation.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

These epithets are commonly contemplated in Linga worship: the Linga signifies the Lord who is both manifest for devotion (saguna for upasana) and intrinsically unstained and transcendent (nirguna in essence). Meditating on “nirlepa” while offering water, bilva, and mantra aligns the devotee with Shiva’s purity.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with a renunciant attitude (yati-bhava), combined with Tripundra (bhasma) and Rudraksha, is implied: approach the Lord as the blemish-destroyer (vyaṅga-nāśanaḥ) and cultivate inner detachment.