Shloka 21

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

Devanagari script

सुरश्रेष्ठस्तदा श्रेष्ठं पूजयामास शङ्करम् लिङ्गं स्थाप्य यथान्यायं हिमवच्छिखरे शुभे

Transliteration

suraśreṣṭhastadā śreṣṭhaṃ pūjayāmāsa śaṅkaram liṅgaṃ sthāpya yathānyāyaṃ himavacchikhare śubhe

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ദേവശ്രേഷ്ഠൻ പരമശ്രേഷ്ഠനായ ശങ്കരനെ വിധിപൂർവ്വം പൂജിച്ചു; ഹിമവത്തിന്റെ ശുഭശിഖരത്തിൽ യഥാന്യായം ലിംഗം സ്ഥാപിച്ചുകൊണ്ട്।

Word by Word

• सुरश्रेष्ठः: the best of the gods (chief among the Devas)

• तदा: then

• श्रेष्ठम्: the Supreme/Most excellent (Lord)

• पूजयामास: worshipped (performed pūjā)

• शङ्करम्: Śaṅkara (Śiva)

• लिङ्गम्: the Liṅga (symbol and locus of Śiva)

• स्थाप्य: having installed/established

• यथा-न्यायम्: according to rule and proper procedure (vidhi)

• हिमवत्-शिखरे: on the peak of Himavat (the Himalaya)

• शुभे: auspicious, sacred.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages at Naimisharanya)