Shloka 79

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

शताक्षश्चैव पञ्चाक्षः सहस्राक्षो महोदरः यमजिह्वः शताश्वश् च कण्ठनः कण्ठपूजनः

Transliteration

śatākṣaścaiva pañcākṣaḥ sahasrākṣo mahodaraḥ yamajihvaḥ śatāśvaś ca kaṇṭhanaḥ kaṇṭhapūjanaḥ

Translation

Dia ialah Yang Bermata Seratus (Śatākṣa) dan Tuhan Lima Suku Kata (Pañcākṣa); Yang Bermata Seribu (Sahasrākṣa), Yang berwujud luas (Mahodara). Dia ialah Yamajihva, “lidah Yama”, kuasa yang menahan dan menghakimi; Dia ialah Śatāśva, “seratus kuda”, pantas dan meliputi segalanya. Dia ialah Kaṇṭhana, yang mengacau di kerongkong, dan Kaṇṭhapūjana, yang disembah pada kerongkong—dipuji sebagai Nīlakaṇṭha, pemikul racun kosmik demi melindungi semua makhluk.

Word by Word

• शताक्षः: hundred-eyed (all-seeing)

• च एव: and indeed

• पञ्चाक्षः: five-syllabled (linked to the pañcākṣarī mantra “namaḥ śivāya”)

• सहस्राक्षः: thousand-eyed (omniscient)

• महोदरः: great-bellied / vast-bodied (immense, all-containing)

• यमजिह्वः: Yama-tongued (the power of restraint, justice, time)

• शताश्वः: hundred-horsed (swift, many-powered, all-moving)

• च: and

• कण्ठनः: throat-churner / throat-bearer (connected with the churning episode and the throat)

• कण्ठपूजनः: he whose throat is worshipped (Nīlakaṇṭha-veneration)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva Sahasranama to the sages of Naimisharanya)