Shloka 24

Muñjavān on Himavat: Maheśvara’s abode, Śiva-stuti, and sacrificial gold

Chapter 8

Devanagari script

कपालमालिने चैव सुवर्णमुकुटाय च । महादेवाय कृष्णाय तयम्बकायानघाय च

Transliteration

kapālamāline caiva suvarṇamukuṭāya ca | mahādevāya kṛṣṇāya tryambakāyānaghāya ca

Translation

ସଂବର୍ତ୍ତ କହିଲେ—“କପାଳମାଳୀ ଏବଂ ସୁବର୍ଣ୍ଣମୁକୁଟଧାରୀ; ମହାଦେବ, କୃଷ୍ଣବର୍ଣ୍ଣ, ତ୍ର୍ୟମ୍ବକ ଓ ଅନଘ ପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କୁ ନମସ୍କାର।”

Word by Word

• कपालमालिने: to the wearer of a garland of skulls
• कपालमालिने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपालमालिन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सुवर्णमुकुटाय: to (him) with a golden crown
• सुवर्णमुकुटाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्णमुकुट
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महादेवाय: to Mahādeva (the great god)
• महादेवाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• कृष्णाय: to Kṛṣṇa (the dark one)
• कृष्णाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• त्र्यम्बकाय: to Tryambaka (the three-eyed one)
• त्र्यम्बकाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्र्यम्बक
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• अनघाय: to the sinless/blameless one
• अनघाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

संवर्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Saṃvarta
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Kapālamālin (Śiva as skull-garlanded)
• Tryambaka (Śiva as three-eyed)
• Suvarṇamukuṭa (golden crown/diadem)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches reverent devotion that embraces the fullness of the divine: Śiva is praised through both fearsome and regal epithets, suggesting that ultimate purity and protection can appear in forms that transcend ordinary categories of ‘terrible’ and ‘auspicious’.

What is happening in the narrative?

Saṃvarta offers a compact hymn of salutations, invoking Śiva by a sequence of names and attributes (skull-garlanded, golden-crowned, three-eyed, sinless), establishing a devotional and ritual tone within the Ashvamedhika Parva context.