Shloka 2

श्वेतमुनिना कालस्य निग्रहः (मृत्युञ्जय-भक्ति-प्रसादः)

Devanagari script

पितामह उवाच श्वेतो नाम मुनिः श्रीमान् गतायुर्गिरिगह्वरे सक्तो ह्यभ्यर्च्य यद्भक्त्या तुष्टाव च महेश्वरम्

Transliteration

pitāmaha uvāca śveto nāma muniḥ śrīmān gatāyurgirigahvare sakto hyabhyarcya yadbhaktyā tuṣṭāva ca maheśvaram

Translation

ಪಿತಾಮಹ (ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ) ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಶ್ವೇತನೆಂಬ ಶ್ರೀಮಂತ ಮುನಿ ಇದ್ದನು; ವೃದ್ಧಾವಸ್ಥೆಗೆ ತಲುಪಿ ಪರ್ವತಗುಹೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಲೀನನಾಗಿ ವಾಸಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದನು. ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಚನೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಮಹೇಶ್ವರನನ್ನು ಸ್ತುತಿಸಿ ಅವರನ್ನು ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಗೊಳಿಸಿದನು.

Word by Word

• पितामहः: Pitāmaha (Brahmā, the Grandfather)

• उवाच: said

• श्वेतः: Śveta

• नाम: named

• मुनिः: sage

• श्रीमान्: illustrious, blessed with splendour

• गतायुḥ: advanced in age, having lived long

• गिरिगह्वरे: in a mountain cave/cleft

• सक्तः: attached, absorbed

• हि: indeed

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped (with reverence)

• यद्भक्त्या: with that devotion/through whose devotion

• तुष्टाव: he praised, extolled

• च: and

• महेश्वरम्: Maheśvara (Śiva, the Supreme Lord).

Speaker

Pitāmaha (Brahmā)