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Shloka 45

Varaha-Pradurbhava Context: Prahlada’s Bhakti, Narasimha’s Ugra-Form, and Shiva’s Sharabha Intervention

हिरण्याय महेशाय श्रीकण्ठाय नमोनमः भस्मदिग्धशरीराय दण्डमुण्डीश्वराय च

hiraṇyāya maheśāya śrīkaṇṭhāya namonamaḥ bhasmadigdhaśarīrāya daṇḍamuṇḍīśvarāya ca

হিৰণ্যস্বৰূপ মহেশ, শ্ৰীকণ্ঠলৈ পুনঃপুনঃ নমস্কাৰ। ভস্মলেপিত শৰীৰধাৰী, দণ্ডধাৰী আৰু মুণ্ডিত তপস্বীৰ ঈশ্বৰলৈও নমস্কাৰ।

हिरण्यायto the Golden One (radiant, resplendent)
हिरण्याय:
महेशायto Mahēśa, the Great Lord (Pati)
महेशाय:
श्रीकण्ठायto Śrīkaṇṭha, the auspicious-throated
श्रीकण्ठाय:
नमोनमःsalutations again and again
नमोनमः:
भस्मदिग्धशरीरायto Him whose body is smeared with bhasma (sacred ash)
भस्मदिग्धशरीराय:
दण्डमुण्डीश्वरायto the Lord (Īśvara) of the staff-bearers and shaven-headed renunciants
दण्डमुण्डीश्वराय:
and
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Suta Goswami (narrating a traditional Shiva-stuti within the Linga Purana discourse)