Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 14
शिवस्तुतिवर्णनम् (Śiva-stuti-varṇanam) — “Description of Hymns in Praise of Śiva”
तारकोसि जगत्यस्मिन्सर्वेषामधिपोऽव्ययः । वरदो वाङ्मयो वाच्यो वाच्यवाचकवर्जितः
tārakosi jagatyasminsarveṣāmadhipo'vyayaḥ | varado vāṅmayo vācyo vācyavācakavarjitaḥ
于此世间，汝为度脱之救主，使众生得以越渡。汝为一切之不坏主宰。汝为施愿赐福者；汝即圣音与言说之本性。汝为言辞所可指示之实在，然又超越所说与能说——离于所指与能指之二分。
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Significance: Frames Śiva as Tāraka (the one who ferries across saṃsāra), a doctrinal basis for tīrtha-yātrā and liṅga-darśana as aids to liberation rather than ends in themselves.
Type: stotra
FAQs
It praises Shiva as Pati—the imperishable Lord who grants grace and liberation—while affirming that His highest reality transcends conceptual thought and linguistic description (beyond vācya and vācaka).
Calling Shiva “varada” supports Saguna worship—approaching Him as the boon-giver through Linga-pūjā—while “vācya-vācaka-varjitaḥ” points to His Nirguna nature, reminding devotees that the Linga also signifies the indescribable Supreme beyond form and speech.
Japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with contemplation that Shiva is both the source of mantra (vāk) and the Reality beyond words; offer bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) and pray for His tāraka-grace that carries one beyond saṁsāra.