Shloka 153

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

Devanagari script

सुरेशः शरणं सर्वः शब्दब्रह्म सतां गतिः कालभक्षः कलङ्कारिः कङ्कणीकृतवासुकिः

Transliteration

sureśaḥ śaraṇaṃ sarvaḥ śabdabrahma satāṃ gatiḥ kālabhakṣaḥ kalaṅkāriḥ kaṅkaṇīkṛtavāsukiḥ

Translation

Il est le Seigneur des Deva; le refuge de tous; l’Omniprésent; le Brahman en tant que son sacré (Śabda-Brahman), et le but des justes. Il dévore le Temps lui-même; il porte la marque qui sanctifie; et c’est lui qui fit de Vāsuki un ornement sur son corps.

Word by Word

• सुरेशः: Lord of the gods

• शरणम्: refuge, shelter

• सर्वः: all, the all-pervading one

• शब्दब्रह्म: Brahman in the form of sacred sound (Veda/Pranava)

• सताम्: of the virtuous, of the realized

• गतिः: goal, refuge, final course

• कालभक्षः: devourer of Time (transcending kāla)

• कलङ्कारिः: bearer/maker of the auspicious mark (the famed ‘stain’ such as ash/mark that becomes holy)

• कङ्कणीकृतवासुकिः: he who made Vāsuki a bracelet/ornament

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-Sahasranama portion to the sages of Naimisharanya)