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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 600
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ शिवाय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो मंगलमय, कल्याणकारी आणि पावन आहे, तो शिवः. त्याच्या स्मरणाने दुःख निवते आणि अंतःकरणात शांतता उत्पन्न होते. शुभत्व आणि परमकल्याण यांचे हे अत्यंत प्रिय नाम आहे.
अर्थ:
परम मंगल आणि पवित्र.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Shivaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
Repeated from name 27; "The Auspicious, the Ever-Pure One" - appearing again here to remind us that at His core, all His power, all His fierceness, and all His cosmic activity spring from an essentially auspicious and benevolent nature.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Important theological note
The name Śiva appearing in the Viṣṇu Sahasranāma is a subject of deep commentary. This is not a reference to Rudra-Śiva (the deity of the Śaiva tradition) but rather to Viṣṇu's own intrinsically auspicious nature. Śaṅkarācārya's commentary on this name is particularly careful: Viṣṇu is Śiva because His very nature is pure, good, and free from all taint of evil. **Hari-Hara unity
However, many commentators — particularly in the tradition of Śrī Vaiṣṇavism — note that this name also affirms the non-difference at the highest level between Viṣṇu and Śiva, as celebrated in the Skanda Purāṇa: *"Śivaśca Nārāyaṇaḥ"* — "Śiva is none other than Nārāyaṇa." The Mahābhārata (Anuśāsana Parva) contains the celebrated Hari-Hara dialogue affirming their essential unity. **Bhāgavata Purāṇa (12.13.16)
*"Nārāyaṇaḥ paro'vyaktāt..."* — Nārāyaṇa is beyond the unmanifest; He is the supreme auspicious ground of all existence. As Śivaḥ, Viṣṇu is the source from which all that is good, beautiful, and blessed originates.