Shloka 63
Upamanyu’s Tapas, Shiva’s Indra-Form Test, and the Bestowal of Kshiroda and Gaṇapatya
Devanagari script
प्रसीद देवदेवेश त्वयि चाव्यभिचारिणी श्रद्धा चैव महादेव सान्निध्यं चैव सर्वदा
Transliteration
prasīda devadeveśa tvayi cāvyabhicāriṇī śraddhā caiva mahādeva sānnidhyaṃ caiva sarvadā
Translation
神々の主よ、どうか御慈悲を。あなたへの揺るがぬ信（シュラッダー）が我が内に起こりますように。おおマハーデーヴァよ、あなたの聖なる近在—常住の御臨在—が、いつも私と共にありますように。
Word by Word
प्रसीद (prasīda)be pleased, show grace
प्रसीद (prasīda):
देवदेवेश (devadeveśa)Lord of the gods
देवदेवेश (devadeveśa):
त्वयि (tvayi)in You, toward You
त्वयि (tvayi):
च (ca)and
च (ca):
अव्यभिचारिणी (avyabhicāriṇī)unfaltering, not deviating (steadfast)
अव्यभिचारिणी (avyabhicāriṇī):
श्रद्धा (śraddhā)faith, trustful devotion
श्रद्धा (śraddhā):
एव (eva)indeed
एव (eva):
महादेव (mahādeva)Great God (Shiva)
महादेव (mahādeva):
सान्निध्यम् (sānnidhyam)proximity, sacred presence
सान्निध्यम् (sānnidhyam):
सर्वदा (sarvadā)always
सर्वदा (sarvadā):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating a devotional supplication within the Linga Purana’s Shaiva teaching context)