Shloka 39

ईशानकल्पवृत्तान्तः तथा लैङ्गपुराणस्य संक्षेप-सूची

Devanagari script

श्रद्धासाध्यो ऽथ रुद्रस्तु कथितं ब्रह्मणा तदा मधुना कैटभेनैव पुरा हृतगतेर्विभोः

Transliteration

śraddhāsādhyo 'tha rudrastu kathitaṃ brahmaṇā tadā madhunā kaiṭabhenaiva purā hṛtagatervibhoḥ

Translation

तेव्हा ब्रह्माने सांगितले की रुद्र श्रद्धेनेच साध्य आहेत; आणि प्राचीन काळी मधु व कैटभ यांनी विभूची गती-बुद्धीही भ्रमित केली होती, असे स्मरण करून दिले.

Word by Word

• श्रद्धासाध्यः: attainable through faith (śraddhā)

• अथ: then/thereupon

• रुद्रः: Rudra (Śiva as Pati)

• तु: indeed

• कथितम्: was stated/declared

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā

• तदा: at that time

• मधुना: by Madhu

• कैटभेन: by Kaiṭabha

• एव: indeed/alone

• पुरा: formerly/in ancient times

• हृतगतेः: of one whose gati (direction, resolve, discernment) was taken away/confused

• विभोः: of the all-pervading Lord

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Brahma’s statement within the narrative)