Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations

Chapter 16: Executing the Payo-vrata Process of Worship. Text 32

नमः शिवाय रुद्राय नमः शक्तिधराय च ।
सर्वविद्याधिपतये भूतानां पतये नमः ॥३२॥

namaḥ Å›ivÄya rudrÄya
namaḥ Å›akti-dharÄya ca
sarva-vidyÄdhipataye
bhÅ«tÄnÄá¹ pataye namaḥ

 namaḥ - I offer my respectful obeisances unto You; Å›ivÄya - the incarnation named Lord Åšiva; rudrÄya - the expansion named Rudra; namaḥ - obeisances; Å›akti-dharÄya - the reservoir of all potencies; ca - and; sarva-vidyÄ-adhipataye - the reservoir of all knowledge; bhÅ«tÄnÄm - of the living entities; pataye - the supreme master; namaḥ - I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.


Text

I offer my respectful obeisances unto You, Lord Åšiva, or Rudra, who are the reservoir of all potencies, the reservoir of all knowledge, and the master of everyone.

Purport

It is the system for one to offer obeisances unto the expansion or incarnation of the Lord. Lord Åšiva is the incarnation of ignorance, one of the material modes of nature.