Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 13

Viṣṇoḥ Sahasranāma-stotreṇa Śiva-prasādaḥ

Vishnu’s Thousand-Name Hymn and Shiva’s Grace

Devanagari script

रणाजिरे स्मृतं तद्वै देवानां दुःखनाशनम् । इदं चक्रमिदं रूपमिदं नामसहस्रकम्

Transliteration

raṇājire smṛtaṃ tadvai devānāṃ duḥkhanāśanam | idaṃ cakramidaṃ rūpamidaṃ nāmasahasrakam

Translation

在战场上忆念之时，它确能摧灭诸天之忧苦。“此为轮盘；此为圣相；此为千名。”

Word by Word

• रण-आजिरे: in the battlefield
• रण-आजिरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक) + आजिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• स्मृतम्: remembered; recited
• स्मृतम्: Kriya (क्रिया/remembered)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (कर्ता/subject of predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; स्मृतम् इत्यस्य विषयः

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपातः (emphatic particle)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• दुःख-नाशनम्: destroyer of sorrow
• दुःख-नाशनम्: Pratijna/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत् इत्यस्य विधेयम्

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Pratijna/Predicate (निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative)

• चक्रम्: discus; wheel
• चक्रम्: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; इदम् इत्यस्य समानाधिकरणम्

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Pratijna/Predicate (निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; निर्देश

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समानाधिकरणम्

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Pratijna/Predicate (निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; निर्देश

• नाम-सहस्रकम्: a thousand names (lit. name-thousand)
• नाम-सहस्रकम्: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समानाधिकरणम्

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Devas

FAQs

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

It teaches that smaraṇa (remembrance) of the Lord—through His form, emblematic power, and especially His thousand names—acts as an inner shield that dissolves duḥkha (sorrow) and fear, even amid conflict.

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

By pointing to “form” and “names,” the verse supports Saguna-upāsanā: devotees steady the mind on Shiva’s manifest presence (as Linga and sacred iconography) and invoke Him through nāma-japa, which purifies the bound soul (paśu) toward the Lord (Pati).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Chant the sahasranāma or a chosen Shiva nāma with focused remembrance of Shiva’s rūpa; as a practical takeaway, combine it with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and mantra-japa (e.g., pañcākṣarī) for protection and steadiness of mind.