Shloka 80

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

द्विशिखस् त्रिशिखश्चैव तथा पञ्चशिखो द्विजाः मुण्डो ऽर्धमुण्डो दीर्घश् च पिशाचास्यः पिनाकधृक्

Transliteration

dviśikhas triśikhaścaiva tathā pañcaśikho dvijāḥ muṇḍo 'rdhamuṇḍo dīrghaś ca piśācāsyaḥ pinākadhṛk

Translation

يا ذوي الميلادين، إنَّ پَتي، ربَّ شِڤا، يُنادى بـ«ذو القِمَّتين»، و«ذو القِمَم الثلاث»، وكذلك «ذو القِمَم الخمس»؛ وبـ«حليق الرأس»، و«نصف حليق»، و«الطويل»؛ وبـ«ذي الوجه المُرعِب كالبِشَاجا»؛ وبـ«حامل قوس پيناكا»—فهذه ألقابه المقدّسة.

Word by Word

• द्विशिखः: two-crested/two-tufted

• त्रिशिखः: three-crested/three-tufted

• च एव: and indeed

• तथा: likewise

• पञ्चशिखः: five-crested/five-tufted

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (Brāhmaṇas)

• मुण्डः: shaven-headed/bald

• अर्धमुण्डः: half-shaven

• दीर्घः: tall/long-bodied

• च: and

• पिशाचास्यः: having a piśāca-like (fearsome) face

• पिनाकधृक्: bearer of the Pināka (Śiva’s bow)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya; internal context suggests a names/epithets passage about Shiva)