Shloka 41
Śatarudrīya-prabhāva and Rudra’s Supremacy (शतरुद्रीयप्रभावः)
उमा बोलीं--भगवन! सर्वभूतेश्वर! शूलपाणे! महान् व्रतधारी महेश्वर! मेरे मनमें एक महान् संशय उत्पन्न हुआ है। आप मुझसे उसकी व्याख्या कीजिये ।। किमर्थ ते ललाटे वै तृतीयं नेत्रमुत्थितम् । किमर्थ च गिरि॑ग्ध: सपक्षिगणकानन:
Umā uvāca—bhagavan, sarvabhūteśvara, śūlapāṇe, mahān vratadhārī maheśvara! mama manasi mahān saṁśaya utpannaḥ. tvaṁ me tasya vyākhyāṁ kuru. kimarthaṁ te lalāṭe vai tṛtīyaṁ netram utthitam? kimarthaṁ ca girigṛdhaḥ sapakṣigaṇakānanaḥ?
Uma said: “O Lord, Sovereign of all beings, bearer of the trident, great Maheshvara who upholds mighty vows—there has arisen in my mind a serious doubt. Please explain it to me. For what reason did a third eye arise upon your forehead? And for what reason are you called the mountain-vulture, the one who ranges with flocks of winged creatures in the forest?”
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