Shloka 17
Muñjavān on Himavat: Maheśvara’s abode, Śiva-stuti, and sacrificial gold
Chapter 8
गिरिशाय प्रशान्ताय यतये चीरवाससे । बिल्वदण्डाय सिद्धाय सर्वदण्डधराय च
giriśāya praśāntāya yataye cīravāsase | bilvadaṇḍāya siddhāya sarvadaṇḍadharāya ca
गिरिश—पर्वतवासी प्रभु को; प्रशान्त को; चीर-वस्त्र धारण करने वाले यति को नमस्कार। बिल्व-दण्ड धारण करने वाले सिद्ध को; और सर्व प्रकार से दण्ड-धारी—अनुशासन के धारक को भी नमस्कार।
संवर्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames spiritual authority as grounded in inner peace and disciplined renunciation: the revered figure is praised not for worldly power but for tranquility, ascetic restraint, and the capacity to uphold dharma through daṇḍa—symbolic of moral and social order.
Saṃvarta utters a reverential invocation, offering salutations to a mountain-dwelling, ascetic, perfected figure—identified through epithets as Śiva—highlighting his austere marks (bark clothing, staff) and his role as upholder of discipline.