Shloka 2

ब्रह्मणो वरप्रदानम् — शिवस्य परत्वप्रतिपादनम् तथा वराहेण भूमेः पुनःस्थापनम्

Devanagari script

श्रीविष्णुरुवाच परमेशो जगन्नाथः शङ्करस्त्वेष सर्वगः आवयोरखिलस्येशः शरणं च महेश्वरः

Transliteration

śrīviṣṇuruvāca parameśo jagannāthaḥ śaṅkarastveṣa sarvagaḥ āvayorakhilasyeśaḥ śaraṇaṃ ca maheśvaraḥ

Translation

Śrī Viṣṇu sprach: „Dieser Śaṅkara ist der höchste Herr, der Gebieter des Universums, allgegenwärtig. Er ist der Herr über uns beide und über alles, was besteht; allein Mahādeva ist unsere Zuflucht.“

Word by Word

• śrī-viṣṇuḥ uvāca: Śrī Viṣṇu said

• parameśaḥ: the Supreme Lord (Pati)

• jagat-nāthaḥ: Lord of the universe

• śaṅkaraḥ: Śaṅkara (Shiva, bestower of auspiciousness)

• tu: indeed

• eṣa: this (very one)

• sarva-gaḥ: all-pervading

• āvayoḥ: of us two (Brahmā and Viṣṇu / the two devas in context)

• akhilasya: of the entire (creation)

• īśaḥ: ruler, sovereign

• śaraṇam: refuge

• ca: and

• maheśvaraḥ: Mahā-īśvara, the Great Lord

Speaker

Vishnu