Shloka 29

स्वेच्छाविग्रहसंभव-प्रतिष्ठाफलवर्णनम् (विविधशिवमूर्तिप्रतिष्ठा, लोक-फल, शिवसायुज्य)

Devanagari script

इभेन्द्रदारकं देवं सांबं सिद्धार्थदं प्रभुम् सुधूम्रवर्णं रक्ताक्षं त्रिनेत्रं चन्द्रभूषणम्

Transliteration

ibhendradārakaṃ devaṃ sāṃbaṃ siddhārthadaṃ prabhum sudhūmravarṇaṃ raktākṣaṃ trinetraṃ candrabhūṣaṇam

Translation

J’adore ce Dieu—Sambashiva, Seigneur souverain—qui dompte l’éléphant royal (l’ego), accorde l’accomplissement des buts, resplendit d’une teinte de fumée, a les yeux rouges, trois yeux, et la lune pour ornement. En tant que Pati, il tranche le pāśa (lien) et donne au paśu son véritable puruṣārtha.

Word by Word

• इभेन्द्रदारकम्: subduer/slayer of the lordly elephant (symbol of overpowering ego)

• देवं: the God, the radiant deity

• सांबं: with Umā (Shakti), Sambashiva

• सिद्धार्थदम्: giver of accomplished aims, fulfiller of purpose

• प्रभुम्: the sovereign Lord (Pati)

• सुधूम्रवर्णम्: of auspicious smoke-hued/ash-grey complexion

• रक्ताक्षम्: red-eyed

• त्रिनेत्रम्: three-eyed (seer of the three times and destroyer of impurity)

• चन्द्रभूषणम्: adorned with the moon (crescent as ornament).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a stuti within the Purva-Bhaga narrative)