Shloka 55
शिवार्चनविधिः — देवतानां पाशुपतव्रतप्राप्तिः तथा पशुपाशविमोक्षणम् (अध्याय ८०)
Devanagari script
विशोध्य तेषां देवानां पशुत्वं परमेश्वरः व्रतं पाशुपतं चैव स्वयं देवो महेश्वरः
Transliteration
viśodhya teṣāṃ devānāṃ paśutvaṃ parameśvaraḥ vrataṃ pāśupataṃ caiva svayaṃ devo maheśvaraḥ
Translation
ആ ദേവന്മാരുടെ പശുത്വം (പാശബന്ധിത ജീവാവസ്ഥ) ശുദ്ധീകരിച്ച് പരമേശ്വരൻ സ്വയം മഹേശ്വരൻ അവർക്കായി പാശുപതവ്രതം—പശുപതിയെ പ്രാപിപ്പിക്കുന്ന ശാസനം—സ്ഥാപിച്ചു।
Word by Word
विशोध्य (viśodhya)having purified/cleansed
विशोध्य (viśodhya):
तेषाम् (teṣām)of them
तेषाम् (teṣām):
देवानाम् (devānām)of the gods/Devas
देवानाम् (devānām):
पशुत्वम् (paśutvam)the condition of being a paśu (bound soul)
पशुत्वम् (paśutvam):
परमेश्वरः (parameśvaraḥ)the Supreme Lord
परमेश्वरः (parameśvaraḥ):
व्रतम् (vratam)vow/observance
व्रतम् (vratam):
पाशुपतम् (pāśupatam)pertaining to Paśupati
पाशुपतम् (pāśupatam):
चैव (caiva)and indeed
चैव (caiva):
स्वयम् (svayam)himself
स्वयम् (svayam):
देवः (devaḥ)the Lord, the shining one
देवः (devaḥ):
महेश्वरः (maheśvaraḥ)Mahādeva, the Great Lord
महेश्वरः (maheśvaraḥ):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya, describing Shiva’s act)