Shloka 2

Aghora-Mantra Japa: Graded Expiations, Pañcagavya Purification, and Homa for Mahāpātaka-Nivṛtti

Devanagari script

अनुगृह्य ततस्तुष्टो ब्रह्माणमवदद्धरः अनेनैव तु रूपेण संहरामि न संशयः

Transliteration

anugṛhya tatastuṣṭo brahmāṇamavadaddharaḥ anenaiva tu rūpeṇa saṃharāmi na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

मग अनुग्रह करून प्रसन्न झालेला हर (शिव) ब्रह्म्यास म्हणाला—“याच रूपाने मी संहार करतो; यात संशय नाही।”

Word by Word

• अनुगृह्य: having bestowed grace

• ततः: then/thereupon

• तुष्टः: pleased, satisfied

• ब्रह्माणम्: to Brahmā

• अवदत्: said, spoke

• धरः: the Bearer/Supporter (an epithet of Śiva as Pati who upholds and withdraws the worlds)

• अनेन एव: by this very (means/form)

• तु: indeed, moreover

• रूपेण: by the form/manifestation

• संहरामि: I withdraw/dissolve (perform saṃhāra)

• न: not

• संशयः: doubt.

Speaker

Shiva (Pati) speaking to Brahma