Shloka 21
Muñjavān on Himavat: Maheśvara’s abode, Śiva-stuti, and sacrificial gold
Chapter 8
ख्रुवहस्ताय पतये धन्विने भार्गवाय च । अजाय कृष्णनेत्राय विरूपाक्षाय चैव ह
dhruvahastāya pataye dhanvine bhārgavāya ca | ajāya kṛṣṇanetrāya virūpākṣāya caiva ha ||
Saṃvarta said: “(Oblations and salutations are offered) to Dhruvahasta, to the Lord, to the wielder of the bow, to Bhārgava; and also to Aja, to the dark-eyed one, and indeed to Virūpākṣa.”
संवर्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse models dhārmic reverence through ritual invocation: multiple divine epithets are recited to honor and align oneself with sacred authority, suggesting that right action is grounded in remembrance and respectful address of the divine.
Saṃvarta is reciting a formula of salutations/offerings, invoking a sequence of divine names and epithets (including Virūpākṣa) as part of a ritual or solemn recitation within the Ashvamedhika context.