Shloka 16
Muñjavān on Himavat: Maheśvara’s abode, Śiva-stuti, and sacrificial gold
Chapter 8
भास्कराय सुतीर्थाय देवदेवाय रंहसे । उष्णीषिणे सुवक्त्राय सहस्राक्षाय मीढुषे
bhāskarāya sutīrthāya devadevāya raṁhase | uṣṇīṣiṇe suvaktrāya sahasrākṣāya mīḍhuṣe
ಭಾಸ್ಕರನಾದ ದಿವ್ಯಪ್ರಕಾಶಮಾನನಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ; ಸುತೀರ್ಥನಾದ ಪರಮಪವಿತ್ರ ತೀರ್ಥಸ್ವರೂಪನಿಗೆ; ದೇವದೇವನಾದ ವೇಗವಂತ ಪರಾಕ್ರಮಿಗೆ; ಉಷ್ಣೀಷಧಾರಿಯಿಗೂ, ಸುವಕ್ತ್ರನಿಗೂ; ಸಹಸ್ರಾಕ್ಷನಾದ ಉದಾರ ವರದಾತನಿಗೂ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ.
संवर्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse models reverent invocation: approaching the divine through layered epithets—radiance, purity, sovereignty, swiftness, auspicious form, and generosity—suggesting that ethical action and success are grounded in humility and recognition of a higher beneficent power.
Saṁvarta begins a stuti (hymn of praise), addressing a supreme deity with multiple honorific names. The verse functions as an opening salutation, setting a devotional and auspicious tone before the ensuing instruction or ritual context in the Ashvamedhika section.