Shloka 2

Gift of Sudarshana — The Gift of Sudarshana: Shiva’s Boon to Vishnu and the Sanctification of Virupaksha

Devanagari script

पुलस्त्य उवाच/ शृणुष्वावहितो भूत्वा कथामेतां पुरातनीम् चक्रप्रदानसंबद्धां शिवमाहात्मयवर्धिनीम्

Transliteration

pulastya uvāca/ śṛṇuṣvāvahito bhūtvā kathāmetāṃ purātanīm cakrapradānasaṃbaddhāṃ śivamāhātmayavardhinīm

Translation

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Speakers

• Pulastya to Nārada.

Primary Deities

• Shiva
• Vishnu
• Pulastya
• Narada

Key Themes

• Narrative authorization (śravaṇa injunction)
• Etiology of sacred objects (cakra origin/gifting)
• Śiva-māhātmya within a geography-centered Purāṇa

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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