Shloka 57

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

श्मशानवासी भगवान् खचरो गोचरो ऽर्दनः अभिवाद्यो महाकर्मा तपस्वी भूतधारणः

Transliteration

śmaśānavāsī bhagavān khacaro gocaro 'rdanaḥ abhivādyo mahākarmā tapasvī bhūtadhāraṇaḥ

Translation

ভগৱান শ্মশানবাসী; তেওঁ আকাশত বিচৰণ কৰে আৰু পৃথিৱীতেও গমন কৰে। তেওঁ বন্ধন-নাশক, প্ৰণামযোগ্য, মহাকৰ্মা, মহাতপস্বী আৰু সকলো ভূতৰ ধাৰক।

Word by Word

• श्मशानवासी: dweller in the cremation-ground

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord (Pati, Shiva)

• खचरः: sky-moving, moving through the heavens

• गोचरः: earth-walking, accessible in the world

• अर्दनः: subduer, crusher (of Pāśa/bondage and enemies)

• अभिवाद्यः: worthy of salutation and reverence

• महाकर्मा: performer of great deeds, wielder of vast cosmic action

• तपस्वी: ascetic, master of tapas

• भूतधारणः: supporter/sustainer of beings and elements (bhūtas)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s names to the sages of Naimisharanya)