Shloka 83

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

विमोचनस्तु शरणो हिरण्यकवचोद्भवः मेखलाकृतिरूपश् च जलाचारः स्तुतस् तथा

Transliteration

vimocanastu śaraṇo hiraṇyakavacodbhavaḥ mekhalākṛtirūpaś ca jalācāraḥ stutas tathā

Translation

Baginda ialah Vimocana, Sang Pembebas; Śaraṇa, Tempat Berlindung. Baginda ialah Dia yang menzahir melalui perisai emas, dan yang rupanya laksana ikat pinggang. Baginda juga Jalācāra, Yang bergerak di dalam air—demikianlah Baginda dipuji.

Word by Word

• vimocanaḥ: the Liberator (who releases the paśu from pāśa)

• tu: indeed/and

• śaraṇaḥ: refuge, protector

• hiraṇya-kavaca-udbhavaḥ: arisen from/manifest through a golden armor (radiant protective form)

• mekhalā-ākṛti-rūpaḥ: whose form/shape is like a mekhalā (girdle/belt

• ca: and

• jala-ācāraḥ: moving in water, abiding within waters

• stutaḥ: praised

• tathā: thus/likewise

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-stuti / names of Shiva within the Purva-Bhaga discourse)