Shloka 37

ग्रहसंख्यावर्णनम् — ध्रुवस्य तपोबलात् ध्रुवस्थानप्राप्तिः

Devanagari script

तपसाराध्य देवेशं पुरा लब्धं हि शङ्करात् वासुदेवेति यो नित्यं प्रणवेन समन्वितम्

Transliteration

tapasārādhya deveśaṃ purā labdhaṃ hi śaṅkarāt vāsudeveti yo nityaṃ praṇavena samanvitam

Translation

तपस्येने देवेशाची आराधना करून त्याने पूर्वी शंकराकडून प्रणव (ॐ) युक्त “वासुदेव” हा नित्य-जपाचा मंत्र प्राप्त केला।

Word by Word

• तपसा: by austerity

• आराध्य: having worshipped/propitiated

• देवेशम्: the Lord of the gods

• पुरा: formerly/once

• लब्धम्: obtained

• हि: indeed

• शङ्करात्: from Śaṅkara (Śiva)

• वासुदेव-इति: ‘Vāsudeva’ thus (as the mantra)

• यः: who/one who

• नित्यम्: always/daily

• प्रणवेन: with the praṇava (Oṃ)

• समन्वितम्: endowed/combined (together).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purāṇic account to the sages; internal context implies a teaching about mantra received from Śiva)