Shloka 26

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

Chapter 8

Devanagari script

सहस्रशिरसे चैव सहस्नरचरणाय च । नम: स्वधास्वरूपाय बहुरूपाय दंष्टिणे

Transliteration

sahasraśirase caiva sahasracaraṇāya ca | namaḥ svadhā-svarūpāya bahurūpāya daṃṣṭriṇe ||

Translation

Saṃvarta said: “Salutations to Him who is thousand-headed and also thousand-footed; salutations to Him whose very essence is Svadhā (the sacred offering to the ancestors), who assumes many forms, and who is fanged.” In this hymn-like address, the speaker frames the divine as all-pervading and multiform—present in cosmic magnitude, in ritual duty toward the Pitṛs, and in awe-inspiring power—thus grounding ethical life in reverence for the One who upholds both worldly order and sacred obligation.

Word by Word

• सहस्रशिरसे: to (the one) of a thousand heads
• सहस्रशिरसे: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्रशिरस्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सहस्रचरणाय: to (the one) of a thousand feet
• सहस्रचरणाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्रचरण
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

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

• नमः: salutation
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• स्वधास्वरूपाय: to (him) whose nature is Svadhā
• स्वधास्वरूपाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: स्वधास्वरूप
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• बहुरूपाय: to the many-formed one
• बहुरूपाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुरूप
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• दंष्टिणे: to the tusked one
• दंष्टिणे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: दंष्टिन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

संवर्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Saṃvarta
• Svadhā