Shloka 3

Adhyaya 23: श्वेत-लोहित-पीत-कृष्ण-विश्व-कल्पेषु रुद्रस्वरूप-गायत्री-तत्त्ववर्णनम्

Devanagari script

श्वेतास्थिः श्वेतरोमा च श्वेतासृक् श्वेतलोहितः तेन नाम्ना च विख्यातः श्वेतकल्पस्तदा ह्यसौ

Transliteration

śvetāsthiḥ śvetaromā ca śvetāsṛk śvetalohitaḥ tena nāmnā ca vikhyātaḥ śvetakalpastadā hyasau

Translation

Tulangnya putih, bulu tubuhnya juga putih; darahnya putih, bahkan unsur merah pada dagingnya tampak putih. Maka ia masyhur dengan sebutan itu, dan zaman itu pun dikenang sebagai Śveta-kalpa.

Word by Word

• śveta: white

• asthiḥ: bones

• śveta-romā: white-haired/with white body-hair

• ca: and

• śveta-āsṛk: with white blood

• śveta-lohitaḥ: with whitened ‘red’ (flesh/blood element)

• tena nāmnā: by that name

• ca: and

• vikhyātaḥ: became famous/renowned

• śveta-kalpaḥ: the Śveta Kalpa (White Aeon)

• tadā: then/at that time

• hi: indeed

• asau: he/that (person/kalpa).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purāṇic account to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)