Shloka 4

अध्याय ९६: शरभ-प्रादुर्भावः, नृसिंह-दर्पशमनम्, विष्णोः शिवस्तुतिः, फलश्रुति

Devanagari script

भैरव (देस्च्रिप्तिओन्) आत्मनो भैरवं रूपं महाप्रलयकारकम् आजगाम पुरा सद्यो गणानामग्रतो हसन्

Transliteration

Bhairava (description) ātmano bhairavaṃ rūpaṃ mahāpralayakārakam ājagāma purā sadyo gaṇānāmagrato hasan

Translation

Bhairava—cuya sola forma es causa del Gran Pralaya—se manifestó antaño al instante como su propio aspecto de Bhairava y, riendo, avanzó al frente de las huestes de los Gaṇas.

Word by Word

• आत्मनः: of himself/one’s own

• भैरवम्: the Bhairava (terrific) aspect

• रूपम्: form

• महाप्रलयकारकम्: causing the great dissolution

• आजगाम: came, manifested/appeared

• पुरा: formerly, once

• सद्यः: immediately, at once

• गणानाम्: of the Gaṇas (Śiva’s attendants)

• अग्रतः: in front, before

• हसन्: laughing

• भैरव: Bhairava (name/aspect of Śiva)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages; internal description of Shiva’s Bhairava aspect)