Shloka 76

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

केशो विगतवासाश् च महाकेशो महाज्वरः सोमवल्ली सवर्णश् च सोमपः सेनकस् तथा

Transliteration

keśo vigatavāsāś ca mahākeśo mahājvaraḥ somavallī savarṇaś ca somapaḥ senakas tathā

Translation

Il est Keśa, et Celui qui dépasse tous les voiles (Vigatavāsas) ; il est Mahākeśa, le Seigneur à la grande chevelure, et Mahājvara, la Fièvre suprême qui consume les liens. Il est Somavallī, la liane du Soma elle‑même, et Savarṇa, d’une radiance uniforme et toute‑pénétrante. Il est Somapa, le buveur du Soma, et Senaka, le Seigneur qui rassemble et ordonne les armées divines.

Word by Word

• केशः: Keśa, the Lord of (matted) hair

• विगतवासाः: free from coverings/attachments, unclad by māyā

• महाकेशः: the Great-Haired One (Mahākeśa)

• महाज्वरः: the Great Fever, the supreme burning power that consumes pāśa (bondage)

• सोमवल्ली: Soma-creeper, source of Soma and sacred potency

• सवर्णः: of the same hue/radiance, uniform and all-pervading

• सोमपः: Soma-drinker, receiver of Vedic oblations

• सेनकः: leader/organizer of the hosts (gaṇas/senas)

• तथा: and also/likewise

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s Sahasranama to the sages of Naimisharanya)