Shloka 58

Pāśupata-vrata Māhātmya: Dvādaśa-Liṅga Mahāvrata, Month-wise Dravya, and Pūjā-krama

Devanagari script

पुराकृतं विश्वसृजा स्तवं च हिताय देवेन जगत्त्रयस्य पितामहेनैव सुरैश्च सार्धं महानुभावेन महार्घ्यम् एतत्

Transliteration

purākṛtaṃ viśvasṛjā stavaṃ ca hitāya devena jagattrayasya pitāmahenaiva suraiśca sārdhaṃ mahānubhāvena mahārghyam etat

Translation

Stava yang amat berharga ini dahulu kala digubah oleh Sang Pencipta alam semesta. Demi kesejahteraan tiga jagat, Pitāmaha Brahmā sendiri, bersama para deva, mempersembahkannya kepada Tuhan yang Mahātmā; sungguh ini adalah persembahan yang paling mulia.

Word by Word

• पुराकृतम्: composed in ancient times

• विश्वसृजा: by the universe-creator (Brahmā)

• स्तवम्: hymn of praise

• च: and

• हिताय: for the welfare (of beings/worlds)

• देवेन: by/unto the Lord (the Deva)

• जगत्त्रयस्य: of the three worlds

• पितामहेन: by the Grandsire (Brahmā)

• एव: indeed

• सुरैः: with the Devas

• च: and

• सार्धम्: together

• महानुभावेन: by/unto the great-souled, mighty one

• महार्घ्यम्: most precious, highly valuable

• एतत्: this

Speaker

Suta (narrating the account of Brahma and the Devas offering a stuti to Shiva)