Shloka 45

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

Devanagari script

हिरण्याय महेशाय श्रीकण्ठाय नमोनमः भस्मदिग्धशरीराय दण्डमुण्डीश्वराय च

Transliteration

hiraṇyāya maheśāya śrīkaṇṭhāya namonamaḥ bhasmadigdhaśarīrāya daṇḍamuṇḍīśvarāya ca

Translation

Immer wieder Verehrung Mahādeva: dem Goldenen, dem Großen Herrn, Śrīkaṇṭha, dem mit glückverheißender Kehle. Verehrung dem, dessen Leib mit bhasma, heiliger Asche, bestrichen ist, und Daṇḍamuṇḍīśvara, dem Herrn der Stabträger und kahlgeschorenen Asketen.

Word by Word

• हिरण्याय: to the Golden One (radiant, resplendent)

• महेशाय: to Mahēśa, the Great Lord (Pati)

• श्रीकण्ठाय: to Śrīkaṇṭha, the auspicious-throated

• नमोनमः: salutations again and again

• भस्मदिग्धशरीराय: to Him whose body is smeared with bhasma (sacred ash)

• दण्डमुण्डीश्वराय: to the Lord (Īśvara) of the staff-bearers and shaven-headed renunciants

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a traditional Shiva-stuti within the Linga Purana discourse)