Shloka 153

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

करस्थाली कपाली च ऊर्ध्वसंहननो युवा यन्त्रतन्त्रसुविख्यातो लोकः सर्वाश्रयो मृदुः

Transliteration

karasthālī kapālī ca ūrdhvasaṃhanano yuvā yantratantrasuvikhyāto lokaḥ sarvāśrayo mṛduḥ

Translation

Il tient dans sa main le bol de feuille de palmier et porte le crâne pour emblème. Droit dans sa forme et toujours jeune, il est renommé comme maître des yantras et des tantras ; il est le monde même, le refuge de tous, et doux dans sa grâce.

Word by Word

• करस्थाली: one who holds a bowl (alms-vessel) in the hand

• कपाली: the skull-bearer (wearer of a kapāla)

• च: and

• ऊर्ध्वसंहननः: one whose frame is upright/lofty and well-knit

• युवा: ever-youthful

• यन्त्रतन्त्रसुविख्यातः: highly renowned in yantra and tantra (esoteric disciplines and ritual technologies)

• लोकः: the world / the indwelling cosmic order

• सर्वाश्रयः: the support and refuge of all beings

• मृदुः: gentle, tender, compassionate

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shaiva stuti/namāvali within the Linga Purana discourse to the sages of Naimisharanya)