Shloka 2

Śatarudrīya-prabhāva and Rudra’s Supremacy (शतरुद्रीयप्रभावः)

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच तपश्चचार धर्मात्मा वृषभाड्क: सुरेश्वर: । पुण्ये गिरो हिमवति सिद्धचारणसेविते

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | tapaś cacāra dharmātmā vṛṣabhāṅkaḥ sureśvaraḥ | puṇye girau himavati siddhacāraṇasevite ||

Translation

နာရဒက ပြောသည်။ နွားတံဆိပ်ရှိသော သီဝ (Śiva) သည် သာသနာတရားကို ထိန်းသိမ်းသော တရားမြတ်ဘုရား၊ ဒေဝတို့၏ အရှင်ဖြစ်၍ သန့်ရှင်းမြင့်မြတ်သော ဟိမဝန္တာတောင်တန်းပေါ်တွင် တပဿ (tapas) ကို ကျင့်ဆောင်နေ하였다။ ထိုဒေသသည် စိဒ္ဓ (Siddha) နှင့် စာရဏ (Cāraṇa) တို့ လာရောက်နေထိုင်လေ့ရှိရာ သာသနာတရား၏ သန့်စင်မှု၊ ထိန်းချုပ်မှုနှင့် ဝိညာဉ်ရေးအောင်မြင်မှုကို ကိုယ်စားပြုသော နေရာဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चचार: practised, performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धर्मात्मा: righteous-souled
• धर्मात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वृषभाङ्कः: he whose emblem is the bull (Shiva)
• वृषभाङ्कः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभाङ्क
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुरेश्वरः: lord of the gods
• सुरेश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुण्ये: in the holy (place)
• पुण्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गिरौ: on the mountain
• गिरौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• हिमवति: in/at Himavat (the Himalaya)
• हिमवति: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सिद्धचारणसेविते: frequented by Siddhas and Charanas
• सिद्धचारणसेविते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्धचारणसेवित
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Śiva (as Vṛṣabhāṅka, Sureśvara)
• Himālaya
• Siddhas
• Cāraṇas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents tapas as a central expression of dharma: even the supreme deity models disciplined restraint and spiritual practice, implying that ethical authority is grounded in self-mastery and purity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada describes Śiva performing austerities on the sacred Himalaya, a mountain-region associated with perfected beings (Siddhas) and celestial singers (Cāraṇas), setting a sanctified backdrop for the ensuing account.