Shloka 223

Śatarudrīya-prabhāva and Rudra’s Supremacy (शतरुद्रीयप्रभावः)

Devanagari script

तत्‌ सदो वृषभाड्कस्य भीमरूपधरं बभौ | मधुसूदन! वृषभध्वजका वह भयानक सभास्थल क्षणभरमें अद्भुत शोभा पाने लगा

Transliteration

tat sado vṛṣabhāṅkasya bhīmarūpadharaṃ babhau | madhusūdana! vṛṣabhadhvajakā vaha bhayānaka sabhāsthala kṣaṇabhareṃ adbhuta śobhā pāne lagā

Translation

Nārada said: “Then that assembly-hall of Vṛṣabhāṅka (Śiva), taking on a terrifying form, appeared in dreadful majesty. O Madhusūdana, the fearsome hall of Vṛṣabhadhvaja (the Bull-bannered Lord) in a mere moment began to shine with an extraordinary splendor.”

Word by Word

• तत्: that (thing/place)
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सदः: assembly hall
• सदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वृषभाङ्कस्य: of the bull-marked one (Śiva)
• वृषभाङ्कस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभाङ्क
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भीमरूपधरम्: having a terrible form
• भीमरूपधरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीमरूपधर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बभौ: shone/appeared
• बभौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भा
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• मधुसूदन: O slayer of Madhu (Kṛṣṇa)
• मधुसूदन: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुसूदन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वृषभध्वजक: O one with the bull-banner (Śiva)
• वृषभध्वजक: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभध्वजक
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वह: carry/bear
• वह: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Singular

• भयानक: terrible
• भयानक: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भयानक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सभास्थलम्: the assembly-place
• सभास्थलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभास्थल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• क्षणभरम्: for a moment
• क्षणभरम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षणभर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अद्भुत: wonderful
• अद्भुत: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• शोभाम्: splendour/beauty
• शोभाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोभा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पाने: to obtain
• पाने: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा
• Form: Infinitive (Tumun), Parasmaipada

• लगा: began (Hindi usage)
• लगा: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: लग्
• Form: Past (Hindi auxiliary; not Classical Sanskrit), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• Vṛṣabhāṅka (Śiva)
• Vṛṣabhadhvaja (Śiva)
• sabhā (assembly-hall)