Shloka 123

अध्याय ९६: शरभ-प्रादुर्भावः, नृसिंह-दर्पशमनम्, विष्णोः शिवस्तुतिः, फलश्रुति

Devanagari script

इदं तु शरभाकारं परं रूपं पिनाकिनः प्रकाशितव्यं भक्तेषु चिरेषूद्यमितेषु च

Transliteration

idaṃ tu śarabhākāraṃ paraṃ rūpaṃ pinākinaḥ prakāśitavyaṃ bhakteṣu cireṣūdyamiteṣu ca

Translation

これはピナーカを持つ御方（シヴァ）の最上の御姿—シャラバ（Śarabha）形の顕現—である。まことに、久しく堅固にして戒律と鍛錬を備え、不断の修行に励む帰依者の中にのみ示されるべきである。

Word by Word

• idam: this

• tu: indeed/however

• śarabhākāram: having the form of Śarabha

• param: supreme/transcendent

• rūpam: form

• pinākinaḥ: of Pinākin (Śiva, bearer of the bow Pināka)

• prakāśitavyam: should be made known/revealed

• bhakteṣu: among devotees

• cireṣu: for a long time/over long duration

• udyamiteṣu: among those who strive/are diligently engaged

• ca: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana’s teaching; internal attribution to the Shaiva revelation tradition is implied)