Shloka 2

विष्णुचक्रलाभो नाम (अर्धनारीश्वर-तत्त्वं, सती-पार्वती-सम्भवः, दक्षयज्ञविनाशः)

Devanagari script

मेनाजत्वं महादेव्या दक्षयज्ञविमर्दनम् विष्णुना च कथं दत्ता देवदेवाय शंभवे

Transliteration

menājatvaṃ mahādevyā dakṣayajñavimardanam viṣṇunā ca kathaṃ dattā devadevāya śaṃbhave

Translation

Comment Menā devint-elle la mère de Mahādevī ? Comment eut lieu l’écrasement du sacrifice de Dakṣa ? Et comment fut-elle donnée par Viṣṇu à Śambhu, le dieu des dieux ?

Word by Word

• मेनाजत्वम्: becoming (the state of) Menā as mother

• महादेव्या: of Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

• दक्षयज्ञविमर्दनम्: the destruction/crushing of Dakṣa’s yajña

• विष्णुना: by Viṣṇu

• च: and

• कथम्: how

• दत्ता: given (in marriage/handed over)

• देवदेवाय: to the God of gods

• शंभवे: to Śambhu (Śiva)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrative frame; presenting the sages’ inquiry)