Shloka 54

शिवार्चनविधिः — देवतानां पाशुपतव्रतप्राप्तिः तथा पशुपाशविमोक्षणम् (अध्याय ८०)

Devanagari script

तस्थुस्तदाग्रतः शंभोः प्रणिपत्य पुनः पुनः ततः सम्प्रेक्ष्य तान् सर्वान् देवदेवो वृषध्वजः

Transliteration

tasthustadāgrataḥ śaṃbhoḥ praṇipatya punaḥ punaḥ tataḥ samprekṣya tān sarvān devadevo vṛṣadhvajaḥ

Translation

Ils se tinrent devant Śambhu, se prosternant encore et encore. Alors le Dieu des dieux, Vṛṣadhvaja—Celui dont l’étendard porte le Taureau—les regarda tous et tourna vers eux son attention.

Word by Word

• तस्थुः: they stood

• तदाग्रतः: in front of Him/there before

• शंभोः: of Śambhu (Śiva, the Auspicious One)

• प्रणिपत्य: having bowed down/prostrated

• पुनः पुनः: again and again

• ततः: then/thereafter

• सम्प्रेक्ष्य: having looked upon/observed

• तान् सर्वान्: all of them

• देवदेवः: the God of gods

• वृषध्वजः: he whose emblem is the bull (Śiva).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages; internal scene description)