The Glory of Gokarṇeśvara: Nandin’s Austerities and Śiva’s Boons
सहस्रसूर्यकिरणं ज्वालामालिनमूर्जितम् ॥ बालार्कमण्डलाकारं प्रभामण्डलमण्डितम् ॥
sahasrasūryakiraṇaṃ jvālāmālinam ūrjitam || bālārkamaṇḍalākāraṃ prabhāmaṇḍalamaṇḍitam ||
वो रूप ऐसा चमक रहा था जैसे हज़ार सूरज चमक रहे हों। आग उसके चारों तरफ थी। वो सूरज जैसा गोल था और उसके चारों तरफ एक चमकदार सर्किल था।
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Such radiant similes are central to Purāṇic and devotional aesthetics, helping standardize descriptive conventions later echoed in iconographic and hymn traditions.
None; the verse is purely descriptive of the deity’s appearance.
Implicitly, it frames the divine as overwhelming and transformative, encouraging humility and attentiveness in a visionary context.
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