Viṣṇusahasranāmastotram · Śloka 17

Name 27

शिवः

shivah

sarvah sharvah shivah sthānurbhūtādirnidhiravyayah | sambhavo bhāvano bhartā prabhavah prabhurīshvarah || 17 ||

Śaṅkara

Meaning

निस्त्रैगुण्यतया शुद्धत्वात् शिवः । 'स ब्रह्मा स शिवः' इत्यभेदोपदेशात् शिवादिनामभिः हरिरेव स्तूयते ।

nistraiguṇyatayā śuddhatvāt śivaḥ | 'sa brahmā sa śivaḥ' ityabhedopadeśāt śivādināmabhiḥ harireva stūyate |

Read it in place, with the English