Shloka 4

Śatarudrīya-prabhāva and Rudra’s Supremacy (शतरुद्रीयप्रभावः)

Devanagari script

तत्र देवो मुदा युक्तो भूतसंघशतैर्व॑त: । नानारूपैर्विख्पैश्व दिव्यैरद्भुतदर्शनै:,उस स्थानपर महादेवजी सैकड़ों भूतसमुदायोंसे घिरे रहकर बड़ी प्रसन्नताका अनुभव करते थे। उन भूतोंके रूप नाना प्रकारके एवं विकृत थे, किन्हीं-किन्हींके रूप दिव्य एवं अद्भुत दिखायी देते थे

Transliteration

tatra devo mudā yukto bhūtasaṅghaśatair vṛtaḥ | nānārūpair vikṛtaiś ca divyair adbhutadārśanaiḥ ||

Translation

There, the great God (Mahādeva), surrounded by hundreds of companies of bhūtas, rejoiced in gladness. Those attendant beings appeared in many kinds of forms—often grotesque and distorted, yet in some cases radiant and wondrous to behold—marking the awe-inspiring majesty of Śiva’s abode and retinue.

Word by Word

तत्रthere

देवःthe god (Mahadeva)

मुदाwith joy

युक्तःjoined/engaged; endowed

भूतspirit/being

संघgroup/host

शतैःby hundreds; with hundreds

वृतःsurrounded

नानाvarious

रूपैःwith forms

विकृतैःdistorted/deformed

चand

दिव्यैःdivine

अद्भुतmarvelous/wondrous

दर्शनैःwith appearances/sights

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Deva (Śiva/Mahādeva)

Bhūtas (Śiva’s attendants)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes