Shloka 22
Muñjavān on Himavat: Maheśvara’s abode, Śiva-stuti, and sacrificial gold
Chapter 8
तीक्ष्णदंष्टाय तीक्ष्णाय वैश्वानरमुखाय च । महाद्युतये5नज्राय सर्वाय पतये विशाम्
tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrāya tīkṣṇāya vaiśvānaramukhāya ca | mahādyutaye 'najrāya sarvāya pataye viśām ||
तीक्ष्ण दंष्ट्रा वाले, तीक्ष्ण (उग्र) स्वरूप वाले, वैश्वानर-अग्नि समान मुख वाले को नमस्कार; महाद्युति को, अजर (अविनाशी/अजरा) को; सर्वस्वरूप को, प्रभु को, और प्रजाओं के स्वामी-रक्षक को प्रणाम।
संवर्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the divine as both awe-inspiring and protective: fierce like consuming fire, yet the sovereign guardian of peoples. Ethically, it suggests reverence for a power that upholds order and safeguards society, even when it appears terrifying in its destructive aspect.
Saṃvarta utters a hymn-like salutation, stringing together epithets in the dative case to praise and invoke a supreme, fire-faced, radiant, unaging Lord—presented as the master and protector of human communities.