Shloka 25

अन्धकानुग्रहः—शूलारोपणं, रुद्रस्मरण-फलम्, तथा गाणपत्य-प्रदानम् (अध्याय 93)

Devanagari script

श्रुत्वा भवो ऽपि वचनम् अन्धकस्य महात्मनः प्रददौ दुर्लभां श्रद्धां दैत्येन्द्राय महाद्युतिः

Transliteration

śrutvā bhavo 'pi vacanam andhakasya mahātmanaḥ pradadau durlabhāṃ śraddhāṃ daityendrāya mahādyutiḥ

Translation

মহাত্মা অন্ধকের কথা শুনে মহাদ্যুতি ভব (শিব) দৈত্যেন্দ্রকে দুর্লভ শ্রদ্ধা—অটল বিশ্বাস—দান করলেন।

Word by Word

• श्रुत्वा: having heard

• भवः: Bhava (Śiva)

• अपि: indeed/even

• वचनम्: the speech/words

• अन्धकस्य: of Andhaka

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one

• प्रददौ: bestowed/gave

• दुर्लभाम्: rare/difficult to obtain

• श्रद्धाम्: faith, reverent trust (śraddhā)

• दैत्येन्द्राय: to the lord of the Daityas

• महाद्युतिः: of great radiance/splendor

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages; internal event describing Shiva’s act toward Andhaka)