Shloka 153

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

करस्थाली कपाली च ऊर्ध्वसंहननो युवा यन्त्रतन्त्रसुविख्यातो लोकः सर्वाश्रयो मृदुः

Transliteration

karasthālī kapālī ca ūrdhvasaṃhanano yuvā yantratantrasuvikhyāto lokaḥ sarvāśrayo mṛduḥ

Translation

তেওঁ হাতে স্থালী ধাৰণ কৰে আৰু কপাল-চিহ্নে বিভূষিত। ঊৰ্ধ্ব-গঠিত দেহে সদা যুবা; যন্ত্ৰ-তন্ত্ৰত সুপ্ৰসিদ্ধ আচার্য। তেওঁেই লোকস্বৰূপ, সৰ্বাশ্ৰয় আৰু কৰুণাত মৃদু।

Word by Word

• करस्थाली: one who holds a bowl (alms-vessel) in the hand

• कपाली: the skull-bearer (wearer of a kapāla)

• च: and

• ऊर्ध्वसंहननः: one whose frame is upright/lofty and well-knit

• युवा: ever-youthful

• यन्त्रतन्त्रसुविख्यातः: highly renowned in yantra and tantra (esoteric disciplines and ritual technologies)

• लोकः: the world / the indwelling cosmic order

• सर्वाश्रयः: the support and refuge of all beings

• मृदुः: gentle, tender, compassionate

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shaiva stuti/namāvali within the Linga Purana discourse to the sages of Naimisharanya)