Shloka 23
Muñjavān on Himavat: Maheśvara’s abode, Śiva-stuti, and sacrificial gold
Chapter 8
विलोहिताय दीप्ताय दीप्ताक्षाय महौजसे । वसुरेत:सुवपुषे पृथवे कृत्तिवाससे
vilohitāya dīptāya dīptākṣāya mahaujase | vasuretaḥ-suvapuṣe pṛthave kṛttivāsase
ಸಂವರ್ತನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—“ರಕ್ತವರ್ಣನಾದ, ದೀಪ್ತಿಮಾನನಾದ, ದೀಪ್ತಾಕ್ಷನಾದ, ಮಹೌಜಸ್ವಿಯಾದ; ವಸುರೇತಸ್ಸಾದ, ಸುಂದರದೇಹಿಯಾದ, ವಿಶಾಲನಾದ, ಕೃತ್ತಿವಾಸನಾದ ಪ್ರಭುವಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ.”
संवर्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse models dhārmic speech: before giving counsel or acting, one should acknowledge a higher moral and cosmic order through humility and reverence. The invocation emphasizes awe, restraint, and alignment with a power greater than personal will.
Saṃvarta begins a statement with a formal salutation/invocation, praising a formidable, ascetic, radiant deity (implicitly Rudra/Śiva) through a chain of epithets, setting a solemn tone for what follows.