Shloka 24

Aśvatthāmā’s Stuti of Rudra and Śiva’s Empowerment (सौप्तिकपर्व, अध्याय ७)

Devanagari script

शड्खाभा: शड्खवक्त्राश्न शड्खवर्णास्तथैव च । शड्खमालापरिकरा: शड्खध्वनिसमस्वना:

Transliteration

śaṅkhābhāḥ śaṅkhavaktrāś ca śaṅkhavarṇās tathaiva ca | śaṅkhamālāparikarāḥ śaṅkhadhvanisamasvanāḥ ||

Translation

സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അവർ ശംഖംപോലെ ദീപ്തരായിരുന്നു; അവരുടെ മുഖം ശംഖംപോലെ, ദേഹവർണവും ശംഖശ്വേതം. ശംഖാകൃതിയിലുള്ള മാലകളാൽ അലങ്കരിക്കപ്പെട്ട അവർ ശംഖധ്വനിക്കു തുല്യമായ നാദം മുഴക്കുകയായിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• शङ्खाभाः: having the appearance of conches (conch-like)
• शङ्खाभाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शङ्खाभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शङ्खवक्त्राः: conch-mouthed (having mouths like conches)
• शङ्खवक्त्राः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शङ्खवक्त्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शङ्खवर्णाः: conch-colored (white like a conch)
• शङ्खवर्णाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शङ्खवर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: thus; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शङ्खमालापरिकराः: having conch-garlands as adornment/equipment
• शङ्खमालापरिकराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शङ्खमालापरिकर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शङ्खध्वनिसमस्वनाः: having a sound equal to the sound of a conch
• शङ्खध्वनिसमस्वनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शङ्खध्वनिसमस्वन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• conch (śaṅkha)