Shloka 12

Śatarudrīya-prabhāva and Rudra’s Supremacy (शतरुद्रीयप्रभावः)

Devanagari script

षट्पदैरुपगीतैश्व माधवाप्रतिमो गिरि: । तन्महोत्सवसंकाशं भीमरूपधरं तत:

Transliteration

ṣaṭpadair upagītaiś ca mādhavāpratimo giriḥ | tan-mahotsava-saṅkāśaṃ bhīma-rūpa-dharaṃ tataḥ ||

Translation

Nārada said: “And then that mountain—resplendent like Mādhava (Viṣṇu)—was celebrated with the humming songs of bees. Thereafter, a formidable being, assuming a terrifying form, appeared, dazzling like a great festival.”

Word by Word

• षट्पदैः: by bees
• षट्पदैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट्पद
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• उपगीतैः: by songs/chantings (hummed)
• उपगीतैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपगीत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• माधव-अप्रतिमः: incomparable in spring (Mādhava)
• माधव-अप्रतिमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: माधव-अप्रतिम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गिरिः: the mountain
• गिरिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महोत्सव-संकाशम्: resembling a great festival
• महोत्सव-संकाशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महोत्सव-संकाश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भीम-रूप-धरम्: assuming a terrible form
• भीम-रूप-धरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीमरूपधर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Mādhava (Viṣṇu)
• giri (mountain)
• ṣaṭpada (bees)