परित्रायस्व देवेश सर्वलोकपितामह । नान्या गतिः सुरेशान त्वां मुक्त्वा परमेश्वर
paritrāyasva deveśa sarvalokapitāmaha | nānyā gatiḥ sureśāna tvāṃ muktvā parameśvara
«Protège-nous, ô Seigneur des dieux, ô aïeul de tous les mondes ! Il n’est point d’autre recours, ô maître des devas, en dehors de toi, ô Souverain suprême.»
Devas (addressing Brahmā)
Scene: Devas with folded hands plead before Brahmā: a focused, symmetrical devotional tableau; Brahmā’s calm radiance contrasts with their urgency; the words ‘nānyā gatiḥ’ implied by their posture of total surrender.
Exclusive reliance on the divine (ananya-śaraṇatā) is praised as the proper response to existential fear.
Not yet; the prayer precedes the instruction that points to the Revā/Narmadā bank and its sacred waters.
None directly; it is a devotional appeal for protection.