Shloka 8

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

Devanagari script

वायुः सोमस्तथेशानः पावको मम यः समः मामेवार्चय भक्त्या च स्वल्पं नारायणं सदा

Transliteration

vāyuḥ somastatheśānaḥ pāvako mama yaḥ samaḥ māmevārcaya bhaktyā ca svalpaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ sadā

Translation

Vāyu, Soma, Īśāna und Pāvaka — wer immer mir dem Wesen nach gleich ist — erkennt dies: Verehrt allein mich mit Bhakti; und verehrt Nārāyaṇa stets, doch als nachgeordnet (in diesem Zusammenhang).

Word by Word

• वायुः: Vāyu (Wind-deity)

• सोमः: Soma (Moon/nectar-deity)

• तथा: and likewise

• ईशानः: Īśāna (a form/aspect of Śiva, lordly ruler)

• पावकः: Pāvaka/Agni (Fire)

• मम: of Me

• यः: whoever/which

• समः: equal, of the same nature

• माम् एव: Me alone

• अर्चय: worship

• भक्त्या: with devotion (bhakti)

• च: and

• स्वल्पम्: lesser/secondary, comparatively small

• नारायणम्: Nārāyaṇa (Viṣṇu)

• सदा: always

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shaiva teaching embedded in the Purana’s dialogue tradition)