Thousand names of Śiva (Rudra-sahasranāma) - Verse 165
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 65.165
Sanskrit Original
गुरुः कान्तो निजः सर्गः पवित्रः सर्ववाहनः। शृङ्गी शृङ्गप्रियो बभ्रू राजराजो निरामयः।।
guruḥ kānto nijaḥ sargaḥ pavitraḥ sarvavāhanaḥ| śṛṅgī śṛṅgapriyo babhrū rājarājo nirāmayaḥ||
Sūta said:: (856) Nivedana (one who informs) (857) Sudhājāta (one born of nectar) (858) Svargadvāra[163] (one who is the gateway to the heaven) (859) Mahādhanus (one who has great bow) (860) Girāvāsa (one who resides in speech) (861) Visarga (subsidiary creation) (862) Sarvalakṣaṇalakṣyavid (knower of all characteristics and examples) (863) Gandhamālin (one who has sweet smelling garlands) (.864) Bhagavān[164] (lord) (865) Ananta (endless) (866) Sarvalakṣaṇa (one who has all characteristics) (867) Santāna (series) (868) Bahula (a bestower of riches) (869) Bāhu (one having long arms) (870) Sakala (having the digits) (871) Sarvapāvana (sanctifier of all) (872) Karasthālī[165] (having the pot in the hand) (873) Kapālin[166] (having the skull) (874) Ūrdhvasaṃhanana (having the body lifted up) (875) Yuvan (youthful) (876) Yantratantra-suvikhyāta (one who is well known for his yantras and tantras) (877) Loka (world) (878) Sarvāśraya (one who is the support of all) (879) Mṛdu (soft) (880) Muṇḍa (one with shaven head) (881) Virūpa (deformed) (882) Vikṛta (spoiled) (883) Daṇḍin (one having the staff) (884) Kuṇḍin[167] (one having the sacrificial pit) (885) Vikurvaṇa[168] (one who alters and affects) (886) Vāryakṣa (one who has the eyes in water?) (887) Kakubha[169] (prominent) (888) Vajrin (having the thunderbolt) (889) Dīptatejas (one of illuminated splendour) (890) Sahasrapād (thousand-footed) (891) Sahasramūrdhan (thousand-headed) (892) Devendra (lord of Devas) (893) Sarvadevamaya (identical with all Devas) (894) Guru (preceptor) (895) Sahasrabāhu (thousand-armed) (896) Sarvāṅga (having all limbs) (897) Śaraṇya (worthy of being sought refuge in) (898) Sarvalokakṛt (maker of all the worlds) (899) Pavitra (holy) (900) Trimadhu (having threefold honey) (901) Mantra (in the form of the sacred hymns of the Vedas (902) Kaniṣṭha[170] (youngest) (903) Kṛṣṇapiṅgala (dark and tawny-coloured) (904) Brahmadaṇḍa-vinirmātṛ (maker of the staff of Brahmā) (905) Śataghna (one who kills a hundred) (906) Śatapāśadhṛk (one who wears a hundred nooses) (907) (identical with the units of time[171] such as Kalā (908) Kāṣṭhā (909) Lava (910) Mātrā (911) Muhūrta (912) Ahaḥ (day) (913) Kṣapā (night) (914) Kṣaṇa (915) Viśvakṣetraprada (one who grants the holy centres of the universe) (916) Bīja (seed) (917) Liṅga [liṅgam] (918 Ādya (primeval being) (919) Nirmukha (one whose face has vanished) (920) Sadasad (existent-cum-non-existent) (921) Vyakta (visible) (922) Avyakta (invisible) (923) Pitṛ (father) (924) Mātṛ (mother) (925) Pitāmaha (grandfather) (926) Svargadvāra [svargadvāram] (the gateway of the heaven) (927) Mokṣadvāra [mokṣadvāram] (gateway of the salvation) (928) Prajādvāra (one who is the arch-door for his devotee) (929) Triviṣṭapa (heaven) (930) Nirvāṇa [nirvāṇam] (salvation) (931) Hṛdaya (heart) (932) Brahmaloka (the world of Brahmā) (933) Parāgati (the greatest goal) (934) Devāsuravinirmātṛ (one who creates Devas and the Asuras) (935) Devāsuraparāyaṇa (one who is interested in Devas and Asuras) (936) Devasuraguru (the preceptor of Devas and Asuras) (937) Deva (the lord) (938) Devāsuranamaskṛta (one who is bowed to by Devas and the Asuras) (939) Devāsuramahāmātra (high official and minister unto Devas and Asuras) (940) Devasuragaṇāśraya (one who is the support of the groups of all Devas and Asuras (941) Devāsuragaṇādhyakṣa (the presiding officer of the groups of all Devas and Asuras) (942) Devāsuragaṇāgraṇī (the leader of the groups of all Devas and Asuras) (943) Devādhideva (the overlord of all Devas) (944) Devarṣi (the divine sage) (945) Devāsuravaraprada (one who grants boons to all Devas and Asuras) (946) Devāsureśvara (lord of all Devas and the Asuras) (947) Viṣṇu (948) Devāsuramaheśvara (great lord of all Devas and Asuras) (949) Sarvadevamaya (identical with all Devas) (950) Acintya (unthinkable) (951) Devatātman (the Ātman of the deities) (952) Svayambhava (the self-born) (953) Udgata (one who has come up) (954) Trikrama (one who has taken three steps) (955) Vaidya (physician) (956) Varada (granter of boons) (957) Varaja[172] (born of Viṣṇu) (958) Ambara (in the form of firmament) (959) Ijya (worthy of being worshipped) (960) Hastin (elephant) (961) Vyāghra (tiger) (962) Devasiṃha (lion among Devas) (963) Maharṣabha (great bull) (964) Vibudhāgrya (leader among Devas) (965) Sura (god) (966) Śreṣṭha (excellent) (967) Svargadeva (lord of the heaven) (968) Uttama[173] (the most excellent one) (969) Saṃyukta (united) (970) Śobhana (splendid) (971) Vaktā[174] (eloquent speaker) (972) Āśāprabhava (source of all hopes) (973) Avyaya (the unchanging one) (974) Guru (preceptor) (975) Kānta (splendid) (976) Nija (one’s own) (977) Sarga (creation) (978) Pavitra (holy) (979) Sarvavāhana (having all vehicles) (980) Śṛṅgin (having born) (981) Śṛṅgapriya (fond of horn peaks) (982) Babhru (tawny coloured) (983) Rājarāja (king of kings) (984) Nirāmaya (free from ailments) (985) Abhirāma (beautiful) (986) Suśaraṇa (a good refuge) (987) Nirāma (devoid of unripe things) (988) Sarvasādhana (having all means) (989) Lalāṭākṣa (having an eye in the forehead) (990) Viśvadeha (having the universe as the body) (991) Hariṇa (deer) (992) Brahmavarcasa (having the refulgence of the brahman) (993) Sthāvarapati [sthāvarāṇāṃ patiścaiva] (lord of the immobile things) (994) Niyatendriyavartana (one who remains with restraints on the sense-organs) (995) Siddhārtha (one who has achieved the purpose) (996) Sarvabhūtārtha (one who has all realities) (997) Acintya (unthinkable) (998) Satya (true) (999) Śucivrata (one of pure holy rites) (1000) Vratādhipa (the lord of holy rites) (1001) Para [param] (the highest being) (1002) Brahma (the brahman) (1003) Muktānām paramā gati (the greatest goal of the liberated souls) (1004) Vimukta (the liberated one) (1005) Muktakeśa[175] (one whose tresses are loosened) (1006) Śrīmān (glorious) (1007) Śrīvardhana (one who increases prosperity and glory) (1008) Jagat (universe).