Shloka 2

Aghora-Mantra Japa: Graded Expiations, Pañcagavya Purification, and Homa for Mahāpātaka-Nivṛtti

Devanagari script

अनुगृह्य ततस्तुष्टो ब्रह्माणमवदद्धरः अनेनैव तु रूपेण संहरामि न संशयः

Transliteration

anugṛhya tatastuṣṭo brahmāṇamavadaddharaḥ anenaiva tu rūpeṇa saṃharāmi na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Then, having shown grace and being pleased, the Bearer (Śiva) spoke to Brahmā: “Indeed, by this very form I bring about dissolution (saṃhāra)—of this there is no doubt.”

Word by Word

• अनुगृह्य: having bestowed grace

• ततः: then/thereupon

• तुष्टः: pleased, satisfied

• ब्रह्माणम्: to Brahmā

• अवदत्: said, spoke

• धरः: the Bearer/Supporter (an epithet of Śiva as Pati who upholds and withdraws the worlds)

• अनेन एव: by this very (means/form)

• तु: indeed, moreover

• रूपेण: by the form/manifestation

• संहरामि: I withdraw/dissolve (perform saṃhāra)

• न: not

• संशयः: doubt.

Speaker

Shiva (Pati) speaking to Brahma