Why Shiva Lives in the Cremation Ground and Wears the Moon

Verse 1 (13.207.1)

भगवन्सर्वभूतेश शूलपाणे वृषध्वज । आवासेषु विचित्रेषु रम्येषु च शुभेषु च ॥

bhagavansarvabhūteśa śūlapāṇe vṛṣadhvaja | āvāseṣu vicitreṣu ramyeṣu ca śubheṣu ca

"Lord of all beings, trident-bearer, bull-bannered god, though there are dwellings that are varied, delightful and fair,"

Note on the text: Corrected शुभेशु → शुभेषु (misprint in Wikisource; ष for श; Appendix I reads śubheṣu). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0358-0359.

Verse 2 (13.207.2)

सत्सु चान्येषु भूतेषु श्मशाने रमसे कथम् । केशास्थिकलिले भीमे कपालशतसङ्कुले ॥

satsu cānyeṣu bhūteṣu śmaśāne ramase katham | keśāsthikalile bhīme kapālaśatasaṅkule

"and other beings besides, how is it that you take pleasure in the cremation ground, so dreadful, a tangle of hair and bones, thronged with hundreds of skulls,"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0360-0361.

Verse 3 (13.207.3)

सृगालगृध्रसम्पूर्णे शवधूमसमाकुले । चिताग्निविषमे घोरे गहने च भयानके ॥

sṛgālagṛdhrasampūrṇe śavadhūmasamākule | citāgniviṣame ghore gahane ca bhayānake

"full of jackals and vultures, choked with the smoke of corpses, uneven with the fires of the pyres, terrible, dense and frightening?"

Note on the text: Corrected गृध्रम्पूर्णे → गृध्रसम्पूर्णे (misprint in Wikisource; stray म् for सम्; Appendix I reads gṛdhrasaṃpūrṇe). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0362-0363.

Verse 4 (13.207.4)

एवं कलेवरक्षेत्रे दुर्दर्शे रमसे कथम् । एष मे संशयो देव तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

evaṃ kalevarakṣetre durdarśe ramase katham | eṣa me saṃśayo deva tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

"How do you delight in such a field of bodies, so hard to look upon? This is my doubt, god; you ought to tell it to me."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0364-0365.

Verse 5 (13.207.5)

हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि शृणु देवि समाहिता । आवासार्थं पुरा देवि शुद्धान्वेषी शुचिस्मिते ॥

hanta te kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇu devi samāhitā | āvāsārthaṃ purā devi śuddhānveṣī śucismite

"Very well, I shall tell you; listen, goddess, with attention. Long ago, goddess, seeking a pure place to dwell, bright-smiling lady,"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0366-0367.

Verse 6 (13.207.6)

नाध्यगच्छं चिरं कालं देशं शुचितमं शुभे । एष मेऽभिनिवेशोऽभूत्तस्मिन्काले प्रजापतिः ॥

nādhyagacchaṃ ciraṃ kālaṃ deśaṃ śucitamaṃ śubhe | eṣa me'bhiniveśo'bhūttasminkāle prajāpatiḥ

"for a long time I found no place that was supremely pure, fair lady. This was my fixed intent. At that time, in the realm of Prajapati,"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0368-0369.

Verse 7 (13.207.7)

आकुलः सुमहाघोरः प्रादुरासीत्समन्ततः । सम्भूता भूतसृष्टिश्च घोरा लोकभयावहा ॥

ākulaḥ sumahāghoraḥ prādurāsītsamantataḥ | sambhūtā bhūtasṛṣṭiśca ghorā lokabhayāvahā

"a great turmoil, most dreadful, appeared on every side, and a creation of spirits came into being, terrible and fearful to the world."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0370-0371.

Verse 8 (13.207.8)

नानावर्णा विरूपाश्च तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्राः प्रहारिणः । पिशाचरक्षोवदनाः प्राणिनां प्राणहारिणः । इतश्चरन्ति निघ्नन्तः प्राणिनो भृशमेव च ॥

nānāvarṇā virūpāśca tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrāḥ prahāriṇaḥ | piśācarakṣovadanāḥ prāṇināṃ prāṇahāriṇaḥ | itaścaranti nighnantaḥ prāṇino bhṛśameva ca

"Of many colours and misshapen, with sharp fangs, given to attack, with the faces of pishachas and rakshasas, they took the lives of living beings. They roamed this way and that, slaying creatures without restraint."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0372-0374.

Verse 9 (13.207.9)

एवं लोके प्राणिहीने क्षयं याते पितामहः । चिन्तयंस्तत्प्रतीकारं मां च शक्तं हि निग्रहे ॥

evaṃ loke prāṇihīne kṣayaṃ yāte pitāmahaḥ | cintayaṃstatpratīkāraṃ māṃ ca śaktaṃ hi nigrahe

"When the world was thus being emptied of creatures and heading for ruin, the Grandfather pondered a remedy, and knew that I was able to restrain them."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0375-0376.

Verse 10 (13.207.10)

एवं ज्ञात्वा ततो ब्रह्मा तस्मिन्कर्मण्योजयत् । तच्च प्राणिहितार्थं तु मयाऽप्यनुमतं प्रिये ॥

evaṃ jñātvā tato brahmā tasminkarmaṇyojayat | tacca prāṇihitārthaṃ tu mayā'pyanumataṃ priye

"Knowing this, Brahma then appointed me to that task; and that, for the welfare of creatures, was approved by me too, dear one."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0377-0378.

Verse 11 (13.207.11)

तस्मात्संरक्षिता देवि भूतेभ्यः प्राणिनो भयात् । अस्माच्छ्मशानान्मेध्यं तु नास्ति किञ्चिदनिन्दिते । निःसम्पातान्मनुष्याणां तस्माच्छुचितमं स्मृतं ॥

tasmātsaṃrakṣitā devi bhūtebhyaḥ prāṇino bhayāt | asmācchmaśānānmedhyaṃ tu nāsti kiñcidanindite | niḥsampātānmanuṣyāṇāṃ tasmācchucitamaṃ smṛtaṃ

"Thus living beings were protected from fear of those spirits, goddess. Nothing is purer than this cremation ground, blameless lady; because men do not come and go here, it is held to be the purest of all."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0379-0381.

Verse 12 (13.207.12)

भूतसृष्टिं च तां चाहं श्मशाने संन्यवेशयम् । तत्रस्थः सर्वभूतानां विनिहन्मि प्रिये भयम् ॥

bhūtasṛṣṭiṃ ca tāṃ cāhaṃ śmaśāne saṃnyaveśayam | tatrasthaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ vinihanmi priye bhayam

"That creation of spirits I settled in the cremation ground; staying there, dear, I destroy the fear of all beings."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0382-0383.

Verse 13 (13.207.13)

न च भूतगणेनाहं विना वसितुमुत्सहे । तस्मान्मे सन्निवासाय श्मशाने रोचते मनः ॥

na ca bhūtagaṇenāhaṃ vinā vasitumutsahe | tasmānme sannivāsāya śmaśāne rocate manaḥ

"I cannot bear to live without the host of spirits; that is why my mind is pleased to dwell in the cremation ground."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0384-0385.

Verse 14 (13.207.14)

मेध्यकामैर्द्विजैर्नित्यं मेध्यमित्यभिधीयते । आचरद्भिर्व्रतं नित्यं मोक्षकामैश्च सेव्यते ॥

medhyakāmairdvijairnityaṃ medhyamityabhidhīyate | ācaradbhirvrataṃ nityaṃ mokṣakāmaiśca sevyate

"Twice-born men who desire purity always call it pure, and it is resorted to by those who keep vows constantly and by those who seek liberation."

Note on the text: Corrected द्विजैनित्यं → द्विजैर्नित्यं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र्; Appendix I reads dvijair nityaṃ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0386-0387.

Verse 15 (13.207.15)

स्थानं मे तत्र विहितं वीरस्थानमिति प्रिये । कपालशतसम्पूर्णमभिरूपं भयानकम् ॥

sthānaṃ me tatra vihitaṃ vīrasthānamiti priye | kapālaśatasampūrṇamabhirūpaṃ bhayānakam

"A place was appointed for me there, called the Place of Heroes, dear one, filled with hundreds of skulls, fitting yet dreadful."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0388-0389.

Verse 16 (13.207.16)

मध्याह्ने सन्ध्ययोस्तत्र नक्षत्रे रुद्रदेवते । आयुष्कामैरशुद्धैर्वा न गन्तव्यमिति स्थितिः ॥

madhyāhne sandhyayostatra nakṣatre rudradevate | āyuṣkāmairaśuddhairvā na gantavyamiti sthitiḥ

"It is the rule that no one should go there at midday, at the two twilights, or under the constellation whose deity is Rudra, neither those who desire long life nor those who are impure."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0390-0391.

Verse 17 (13.207.17)

मदन्येन न शक्यं हि निहन्तुं भूतजं भयम् । तत्रस्थोऽहं प्रजाः सर्वाः पालयामि दिनेदिने ॥

madanyena na śakyaṃ hi nihantuṃ bhūtajaṃ bhayam | tatrastho'haṃ prajāḥ sarvāḥ pālayāmi dinedine

"No one other than I can destroy the fear that comes from spirits. Staying there, I protect all creatures day after day."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0392-0393.

Verse 18 (13.207.18)

मन्नियोगाद्भूतसङ्घा न च घ्नन्तीह कञ्चन । तांस्तु लोकहितार्ताय श्मशाने रमयाम्यहम् । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि ॥

manniyogādbhūtasaṅghā na ca ghnantīha kañcana | tāṃstu lokahitārtāya śmaśāne ramayāmyaham | etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi

"By my command the hosts of spirits do not harm anyone here. For the welfare of the world I keep them content in the cremation ground. All this has been told to you; what more do you wish to hear?"

Note on the text: Corrected रमयान्महम् → रमयाम्यहम् (misprint in Wikisource; रमयामि + अहम् is required; Appendix I reads ramayāmy aham). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0394-0396.

Verse 19 (13.207.19)

भगवन्देवदेवेश त्रिनेत्र वृषभध्वज । पिङ्गलं विकृतं भाति रूपं ते तु भयानकम् ॥

bhagavandevadeveśa trinetra vṛṣabhadhvaja | piṅgalaṃ vikṛtaṃ bhāti rūpaṃ te tu bhayānakam

"Lord, god of gods, three-eyed, bull-bannered, your form appears tawny, distorted and frightening,"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0397-0398.

Verse 20 (13.207.20)

भस्मदिग्धं विरूपाक्षं तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रं जटाकुलम् । व्याघ्रोदरत्वक्संवीतं कपिलश्मश्रुसंततम् ॥

bhasmadigdhaṃ virūpākṣaṃ tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭraṃ jaṭākulam | vyāghrodaratvaksaṃvītaṃ kapilaśmaśrusaṃtatam

"smeared with ashes, strange of eye, sharp of fang, thick with matted hair, clothed in a tiger's belly-skin, with a tawny beard spread over it,"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0399-0400.

Verse 21 (13.207.21)

रौद्रं भयानकं घोरं शूलपट्टससंयुतम् । किमर्थं त्वीदृशं रूपं तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

raudraṃ bhayānakaṃ ghoraṃ śūlapaṭṭasasaṃyutam | kimarthaṃ tvīdṛśaṃ rūpaṃ tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

"fierce, fearsome, dreadful, bearing a trident and a pattisha. Why do you have such a form? You ought to tell me."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0401-0402.

Verse 22 (13.207.22)

तदहं कथयिष्यामि शृणु तत्त्वं समाहिता । द्विविधो लौकिको भावः शीतमुष्णमिति प्रिये ॥

tadahaṃ kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇu tattvaṃ samāhitā | dvividho laukiko bhāvaḥ śītamuṣṇamiti priye

"I shall tell you; listen to the truth, attentively. The state of the world is of two kinds, dear: cold and hot."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0403-0404.

Verse 23 (13.207.23)

तयोर्हि ग्रसितं सर्वं सौम्याग्नेयमिदं जगत् ॥

tayorhi grasitaṃ sarvaṃ saumyāgneyamidaṃ jagat

"These two hold all of it; this world is made up of the cool and the fiery."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), line 0405.

Verse 24 (13.207.24)

सौम्यत्वं सततं विष्णौ मय्याग्नेयं प्रतिष्ठितम् । अनेन वपुषा नित्यं सर्वलोकान्बिभर्म्यहम् ॥

saumyatvaṃ satataṃ viṣṇau mayyāgneyaṃ pratiṣṭhitam | anena vapuṣā nityaṃ sarvalokānbibharmyaham

"The cool nature always abides in Vishnu, and the fiery in me. With this body I always sustain all the worlds."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0406-0407.

Verse 25 (13.207.25)

रौद्राकृतिं विरूपाक्षं शूलपट्टससंयुतम् । आग्नेयमिति मे रूपं देवि लोकहिते रतम् ॥

raudrākṛtiṃ virūpākṣaṃ śūlapaṭṭasasaṃyutam | āgneyamiti me rūpaṃ devi lokahite ratam

"This form of mine, terrible in shape, strange of eye, bearing trident and pattisha, is the fiery one, goddess, devoted to the welfare of the world."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0408-0409.

Verse 26 (13.207.26)

यद्यहं विपरीतः स्यामेतत्त्यक्त्वा शुभानने । तदैव सर्वलोकानां विपरीतं प्रवर्तते ॥

yadyahaṃ viparītaḥ syāmetattyaktvā śubhānane | tadaiva sarvalokānāṃ viparītaṃ pravartate

"If I were to give this up, fair-faced lady, and become the opposite, then at that very moment everything in all the worlds would turn contrary."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0410-0411.

Verse 27 (13.207.27)

तस्मान्मयेदं ध्रियते रूपं लोकहितैषिणा । इति ते कथितं देवि किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि ॥

tasmānmayedaṃ dhriyate rūpaṃ lokahitaiṣiṇā | iti te kathitaṃ devi kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi

"Therefore I bear this form, wishing the world well. So it has been told to you, goddess; what more do you wish to hear?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0412-0413.

Verse 28 (13.207.28)

भगवन्देवदेवेश शूलपाणे वृषध्वज । किमर्थं चन्द्ररेखा ते शिरोभागे विरोचते । श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं देव तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

bhagavandevadeveśa śūlapāṇe vṛṣadhvaja | kimarthaṃ candrarekhā te śirobhāge virocate | śrotumicchāmyahaṃ deva tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

"Lord, god of gods, trident-bearer, bull-bannered, why does a crescent of the moon shine on your head? I wish to hear it, god; you ought to tell it to me."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0414-0416.

Verse 29 (13.207.29)

तदहं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु कल्याणि कारणम् । पुराऽहं कारणाद्देवि कोपयुक्तः शुचिस्मिते । दक्षयज्ञवधार्थाय भूतसङ्घैः समावृतः ॥

tadahaṃ te pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu kalyāṇi kāraṇam | purā'haṃ kāraṇāddevi kopayuktaḥ śucismite | dakṣayajñavadhārthāya bhūtasaṅghaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ

"I shall tell you the reason, gentle lady; listen. Long ago, goddess, I was seized with anger on a certain account, bright-smiling lady, and, surrounded by hosts of spirits, I went to destroy Daksha's sacrifice."

Note on the text: Corrected वधार्याय → वधार्थाय (misprint in Wikisource; वधार्थाय "for the destruction"; Appendix I reads vadhārthāya). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0417-0419.

Verse 30 (13.207.30)

तस्मिन्क्रतुवरे घोरे यज्ञभागनिमित्ततः । देवा विभ्रंशितास्ते वै येषां भागः क्रतौ कृतः ॥

tasminkratuvare ghore yajñabhāganimittataḥ | devā vibhraṃśitāste vai yeṣāṃ bhāgaḥ kratau kṛtaḥ

"In that dreadful, great sacrifice, over the question of the shares of the offering, the gods for whom shares had been set in the rite were driven from their places."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0420-0421.

Verse 31 (13.207.31)

सोमस्तत्र मया देवि कुपितेन भृशार्दितः । पश्यंश्चानपराधी सन्पादङ्गुष्ठेन ताडितः ॥

somastatra mayā devi kupitena bhṛśārditaḥ | paśyaṃścānaparādhī sanpādaṅguṣṭhena tāḍitaḥ

"There, goddess, in my rage I sorely afflicted Soma; though he was blameless and merely looking on, I struck him with my toe."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0422-0423.

Verse 32 (13.207.32)

तथापि विकृतेनाहं सामपूर्वं प्रसादितः । तन्मे चिन्तयतश्चासीत्पश्चात्तापः पुरा प्रिये ॥

tathāpi vikṛtenāhaṃ sāmapūrvaṃ prasāditaḥ | tanme cintayataścāsītpaścāttāpaḥ purā priye

"Even so, though I was in that distorted state, he appeased me, beginning with gentle words. Afterwards, dear, remorse came upon me as I thought of it."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0424-0425.

Verse 33 (13.207.33)

तदाप्रभृति सोमं वै शिरसा धारयाम्यहम् । एवं मे पापहानिस्तु भवेदिति मतिर्मम । तदाप्रभृति वै सोमो मूर्ध्नि संदृश्यते सदा ॥

tadāprabhṛti somaṃ vai śirasā dhārayāmyaham | evaṃ me pāpahānistu bhavediti matirmama | tadāprabhṛti vai somo mūrdhni saṃdṛśyate sadā

"From then on I bear Soma upon my head, thinking, 'So may my sin be removed.' And from then on Soma is always seen on my head."

Note on the text: Corrected धारयाम्यम् → धारयाम्यहम् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ह; Appendix I reads dhārayāmy aham). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0426-0428.

Verse 34 (13.207.34)

एवं ब्रुवति देवेशे विस्मिताः परमर्षयः । वाग्भिः साञ्जलिमालाभिरभितुष्टुवुरीश्वरम् ॥

evaṃ bruvati deveśe vismitāḥ paramarṣayaḥ | vāgbhiḥ sāñjalimālābhirabhituṣṭuvurīśvaram

While the lord of the gods was speaking thus, the great sages, astonished, praised the Lord with words, their joined palms raised like garlands.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0429-0430.

Verse 35 (13.207.35)

नमः शङ्कर सर्वेश नमः सर्वजगद्गुरो । नमो देवादिदेवाय नमः शशिकलाधर ॥

namaḥ śaṅkara sarveśa namaḥ sarvajagadguro | namo devādidevāya namaḥ śaśikalādhara

"Homage to you, Shankara, lord of all; homage, teacher of the whole world; homage to the god of gods; homage, bearer of the moon's crescent;"

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वजगद्भुरो → सर्वजगद्गुरो (misprint in Wikisource; गुरो "O teacher"; Appendix I reads sarvajagadguro). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0431-0432.

Verse 36 (13.207.36)

नमो घोरतराद्घोर नमो रुद्राय शङ्कर । नमः शान्ततराच्छान्त नमश्चन्द्रस्य पालक ॥

namo ghoratarādghora namo rudrāya śaṅkara | namaḥ śāntatarācchānta namaścandrasya pālaka

"homage, more terrible than the terrible; homage to Rudra, to Shankara; homage, more peaceful than the peaceful; homage, protector of the moon;"

Note on the text: Corrected द्धोर → द्घोर (misprint in Wikisource; ghoratarād + ghora; Appendix I reads ghoratarād ghora). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0433-0434.

Verse 37 (13.207.37)

नमः सोमाय देवाय नमस्तुभ्यं चतुर्मुख । नमो भूतपते शंभो जह्नुकन्याम्बुशेखर ॥

namaḥ somāya devāya namastubhyaṃ caturmukha | namo bhūtapate śaṃbho jahnukanyāmbuśekhara

"homage to Soma, the god; homage to you, four-faced one; homage, lord of beings, Shambhu, who bear the waters of Jahnu's daughter on your crest;"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0435-0436.

Verse 38 (13.207.38)

नमस्त्रिशूलहस्ताय पन्नगाभरणाय च । नमोस्तु विषमाक्षाय दक्षयज्ञप्रदाहक ॥

namastriśūlahastāya pannagābharaṇāya ca | namostu viṣamākṣāya dakṣayajñapradāhaka

"homage to the trident-handed, adorned with serpents; homage, you of uneven eyes, burner of Daksha's sacrifice;"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0437-0438.

Verse 39 (13.207.39)

नमोस्तु बहुनेत्राय लोकरक्षणतत्पर । अहो देवस्य महात्म्यमहो देवस्य वै कृपा । एवं धर्मपरत्वं च देवदेवस्य चार्हति ॥

namostu bahunetrāya lokarakṣaṇatatpara | aho devasya mahātmyamaho devasya vai kṛpā | evaṃ dharmaparatvaṃ ca devadevasya cārhati

"homage to you of many eyes, intent on guarding the worlds. Ah, the greatness of the god! Ah, the grace of the god! Such devotion to dharma is fitting for the god of gods."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0439-0441.

Verse 40 (13.207.40)

एवं ब्रुवत्सु मुनिषु वचो देव्यब्रवीद्धरम् । सम्प्रीत्यर्थं मुनीनां सा क्षणज्ञा परमं हितम् ॥

evaṃ bruvatsu muniṣu vaco devyabravīddharam | samprītyarthaṃ munīnāṃ sā kṣaṇajñā paramaṃ hitam

While the sages spoke thus, the goddess, who knew the right moment, spoke to Hara, to please the sages, words of the highest benefit.

Note on the text: Speaker: this verse is narration, not the sages' speech, though it falls under the page's "ऋषय ऊचुः" heading; the input's ऋषय is corrected. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0442-0443.

Verse 41 (13.207.41)

भगवन्देवदेवेश सर्वलोकनमस्कृत । अस्यैव ऋषिसङ्घस्य मम च प्रियकाम्यया ॥

bhagavandevadeveśa sarvalokanamaskṛta | asyaiva ṛṣisaṅghasya mama ca priyakāmyayā

"Lord, god of gods, whom all the worlds revere, out of a wish to please this company of sages and me,"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0444-0445.

Verse 42 (13.207.42)

वर्णाश्रमकृतं धर्मं वक्तुमर्हस्यशेषतः । न तृप्तिरस्ति देवेश श्रवणीयं हि ते वचः ॥

varṇāśramakṛtaṃ dharmaṃ vaktumarhasyaśeṣataḥ | na tṛptirasti deveśa śravaṇīyaṃ hi te vacaḥ

"you ought to tell the dharma laid down for the castes and stages of life, in full. There is no satiety, lord of gods, for your words are well worth hearing."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0446-0447.

Verse 43 (13.207.43)

सधर्मचारिणी चेयं भक्ता चेयमिति प्रभो । वक्तुमर्हसि देवेश लोकानां हितकाम्यया । याथातथ्येन तत्सर्वं वक्तुमर्हसि शंकर ॥

sadharmacāriṇī ceyaṃ bhaktā ceyamiti prabho | vaktumarhasi deveśa lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā | yāthātathyena tatsarvaṃ vaktumarhasi śaṃkara

"Since I am your companion in dharma and your devotee, lord, for the welfare of the worlds you ought to tell it. Tell all of it exactly as it is, Shankara."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0448-0450.