Shloka 30
Muñjavān on Himavat: Maheśvara’s abode, Śiva-stuti, and sacrificial gold
Chapter 8
विरूपाक्षं दशभुजं दिव्यगोवृषभध्वजम् । उम्र॑ स्थाणुं शिवं रौद्रं शर्व गौरीशमी श्वरम्
virūpākṣaṃ daśabhujaṃ divyagovṛṣabhadhvajam | ugraṃ sthāṇuṃ śivaṃ raudraṃ śarvaṃ gaurīśam īśvaram ||
قال سَمْفَرْتَا: «(ألوذُ) بِفِيرُوبَاكْشَا، صاحبِ النظرةِ التي تتجاوز المألوف؛ ذي الأذرعِ العشر؛ الذي يحملُ على رايتِه علامةَ الثورِ الإلهي؛ شديدٌ ومع ذلك ثابت، مُباركٌ ومع ذلك مُهيب؛ المعروفِ باسم شَرْفَا، ربِّ غَوْرِي، الحاكمِ الأعلى.»
संवर्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches devotional orientation through remembrance of the divine by many names: acknowledging Śiva as both auspicious (śiva) and formidable (ugra/raudra) encourages humility, surrender, and trust in a higher moral order—especially relevant in the post-war setting where rites and responsibilities must be grounded in reverence and restraint.
Saṃvarta offers a hymn-like invocation to Śiva, stringing together epithets that highlight Śiva’s power, sovereignty, and relationship to Gaurī, while also evoking his emblem (the bull on the banner). This functions as a formal act of praise and taking refuge before or during consequential actions in the Ashvamedhika context.