Shloka 5 of 107 · Names 37–45

Vishnu Sahasranama — Shloka 5

Sanskrit

svayambhūḥ śambhurādityaḥ puṣkarākṣo mahāsvanaḥ | anādinidhanō dhātā vidhātā dhāturuttamaḥ || 5 ||

#37स्वयम्भूःsvayambhūḥ

The self-existent; He who manifests by His own will without any external cause

#38शम्भुःśambhuḥ

He who bestows happiness and auspiciousness; the source of divine bliss

#39आदित्यःādityaḥ

The son of Aditi; He who shines like the golden sun and is the radiance within the solar orb

#40पुष्कराक्षःpuṣkarākṣaḥ

He whose eyes are like the lotus; possessing beautiful, all-seeing lotus-petal eyes

#41महास्वनःmahāsvanaḥ

He of the great sound; He whose voice is the Vedas and whose call resonates through all creation

#42अनादिनिधनःanādinidhanaḥ

He who has neither beginning nor end; the eternal reality beyond birth and death

#43धाताdhātā

The creator and sustainer; He who supports all beings and establishes the cosmos

#44विधाताvidhātā

The ordainer of destinies; He who dispenses the fruits of karma to all beings

#45धातुरुत्तमःdhāturuttamaḥ

The most excellent foundation; the supreme substratum upon which all existence rests