Shloka 42

Varaha-Pradurbhava Context: Prahlada’s Bhakti, Narasimha’s Ugra-Form, and Shiva’s Sharabha Intervention

Devanagari script

महीयसे नमस्तुभ्यं हन्त्रे देवारिणां सदा ताराय च सुताराय तारणाय नमोनमः

Transliteration

mahīyase namastubhyaṃ hantre devāriṇāṃ sadā tārāya ca sutārāya tāraṇāya namonamaḥ

Translation

अत्यन्त महनीय, और सदा देवों के शत्रुओं का संहार करने वाले आपको नमस्कार। तारा, सुतारा और तारण—संसार-सागर से पार उतारने वाले—आपको बार-बार नमः।

Word by Word

• महीयसे: to the Great/Most venerable One

• नमः तुभ्यम्: salutations to You

• हन्त्रे: to the slayer/destroyer

• देवारिणाम्: of the enemies of the Devas

• सदा: always

• ताराय: to Tārā (the Deliverer/Guiding Star)

• च: and

• सुताराय: to Sutārā (the Excellent Deliverer/Most auspicious guide)

• तारणाय: to Tāraṇa (the One who ferries across)

• नमो नमः: repeated obeisance, again and again

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a traditional Shiva-stuti within the Linga Purana discourse)