Shloka 16

Muñjavān on Himavat: Maheśvara’s abode, Śiva-stuti, and sacrificial gold

Chapter 8

Devanagari script

भास्कराय सुतीर्थाय देवदेवाय रंहसे । उष्णीषिणे सुवक्त्राय सहस्राक्षाय मीढुषे

Transliteration

bhāskarāya sutīrthāya devadevāya raṁhase | uṣṇīṣiṇe suvaktrāya sahasrākṣāya mīḍhuṣe

Translation

Saṃvarta said: “Homage to Bhāskara—the radiant one; to the supremely holy ford; to the God of gods, swift in power; to the crowned lord of fair countenance; to the thousand‑eyed one, the generous bestower of boons.”

Word by Word

• भास्कराय: to Bhāskara (the Sun; the radiant one)
• भास्कराय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सुतीर्थाय: to the one who is a good sacred ford/pilgrimage (or: to the excellent tīrtha)
• सुतीर्थाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुतीर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• देवदेवाय: to the god of gods
• देवदेवाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवदेव
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• रंहसे: to swiftness/impetuosity (as a divine attribute)
• रंहसे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रंहस्
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

• उष्णीषिणे: to the turbaned/diadem-wearing one
• उष्णीषिणे: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उष्णीषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सुवक्त्राय: to the fair-faced/eloquent one
• सुवक्त्राय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुवक्त्र
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सहस्राक्षाय: to the thousand-eyed one
• सहस्राक्षाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्राक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• मीढुषे: to the bountiful/giver (benefactor)
• मीढुषे: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मीढुष्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

संवर्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संवर्त (Saṁvarta)
• भास्कर (Bhāskara)
• देवदेव (Devadeva)
• सहस्राक्ष (Sahasrākṣa/Indra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models reverent invocation: approaching the divine through layered epithets—radiance, purity, sovereignty, swiftness, auspicious form, and generosity—suggesting that ethical action and success are grounded in humility and recognition of a higher beneficent power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Saṁvarta begins a stuti (hymn of praise), addressing a supreme deity with multiple honorific names. The verse functions as an opening salutation, setting a devotional and auspicious tone before the ensuing instruction or ritual context in the Ashvamedhika section.