Shloka 3

Adhyaya 22 — शिवानुग्रहः, ब्रह्मतपः, एकादशरुद्राः तथा प्राणतत्त्वम्

Devanagari script

ततः स भगवान्देवः श्रुत्वा वागमृतं तयोः जानन्नपि महादेवः क्रीडापूर्वमथाब्रवीत्

Transliteration

tataḥ sa bhagavāndevaḥ śrutvā vāgamṛtaṃ tayoḥ jānannapi mahādevaḥ krīḍāpūrvamathābravīt

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ആ ഭഗവാൻ ദേവൻ മഹാദേവൻ അവരുടെ വാക്യമൃതം കേട്ട്, എല്ലാം അറിഞ്ഞിട്ടും, ലീലാപൂർവം വീണ്ടും അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു।

Word by Word

• ततः: then

• स: he

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord

• देवः: the God

• श्रुत्वा: having heard

• वाक्-अमृतम्: nectar-like speech/immortalizing words

• तयोः: of those two

• जानन् अपि: even though knowing (already)

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (Śiva)

• क्रीडा-पूर्वम्: preceded by play/līlā

• अथ: then

• अब्रवीत्: spoke/said

Speaker

Suta (outer narration), describing Mahadeva’s action within the internal dialogue