Shloka 62
Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti
Devanagari script
सेवां चक्रे पुरं हन्तुं देवदेवं त्रियंबकम् महाकालो महातेजा महादेव इवापरः
Transliteration
sevāṃ cakre puraṃ hantuṃ devadevaṃ triyaṃbakam mahākālo mahātejā mahādeva ivāparaḥ
Translation
पुर के विनाश हेतु उसने देवदेव त्र्यंबक की सेवा की; वह महातेजस्वी महाकाल मानो स्वयं महादेव का ही दूसरा स्वरूप होकर स्थित था।
Word by Word
sevāmservice, devoted attendance
sevām:
cakreperformed, undertook
cakre:
puramthe city/fortress (Tripura)
puram:
hantumto destroy
hantum:
devadevamthe God of gods
devadevam:
tryambakamthe Three-eyed Lord (Shiva)
tryambakam:
mahākālaḥMahākāla (the Great Time, a fierce form/attendant of Shiva)
mahākālaḥ:
mahā-tejāḥof great radiance, mighty in spiritual power
mahā-tejāḥ:
mahādevaḥMahādeva (the Supreme Lord Shiva)
mahādevaḥ:
ivalike, as if
iva:
aparaḥanother, a second
aparaḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)