Shloka 176

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच तयोः श्रुत्वा महादेवो विज्ञप्तिं परमेश्वरः सारथ्ये वाहनत्वे च कल्पयामास वै भवः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca tayoḥ śrutvā mahādevo vijñaptiṃ parameśvaraḥ sārathye vāhanatve ca kalpayāmāsa vai bhavaḥ

Translation

सूत बोले—उनकी प्रार्थना सुनकर परमेश्वर महादेव भव ने सचमुच सारथी और वाहन-वाहक होने का कार्य स्वीकार कर लिया।

Word by Word

• सूत उवाच: Sūta said

• तयोः: of the two (of them)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (Great God)

• विज्ञप्तिम्: request, petition

• परमेश्वरः: the Supreme Lord

• सारथ्ये: in the office of charioteer

• वाहनत्वे: in the state/role of being a vehicle (mount-bearer)

• च: and

• कल्पयामास: arranged, resolved, consented to undertake

• वै: indeed

• भवः: Bhava (an epithet of Śiva)

Speaker

Suta