Paśupati
deity figure · 2 works · 7 mentions · 8 anchored passages
Lord Paśupati · Lord of Beings · Lord of Cattle · lord of livestock
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
'Lord of Beasts,' briefly named as ruler of the four-footed sacrificial animals.
Those beasts — the four-footed ones over whom Paśupati holds sway, or those that are two-footed — once ransomed they go as sacrificial offerings to the sacred realm;
O Paśupati, lord of livestock, be gracious to us and to our animals;
I lead you both, O Paśupati [and his consort], strengthening [you] with ghee and clarified butter.
Vratisasana
A name of Śiva as lord of the Pāśupata moral conduct, warning of the fate of sacred implements (thread, ash, rosary) becoming instruments of torment in hell if the śīla is not protected, or blessings if it is.
[VS_32s-c] *Immediately, in the counting of the rosary, a punishment of a hundred faults,*
Thus says Lord Paśupati.
[VS_32s-a] *The sacred thread becomes a fetter on earth,*