Shloka 59

एकार्णव-सृष्टिक्रमः, ब्रह्म-विष्णु-परस्परप्रवेशः, शिवस्य आगमनं च

Devanagari script

भवमत्यद्भुतं दृष्ट्वा नारायणमथाब्रवीत् अप्रमेयो महावक्त्रो दंष्ट्री ध्वस्तशिरोरुहः

Transliteration

bhavamatyadbhutaṃ dṛṣṭvā nārāyaṇamathābravīt aprameyo mahāvaktro daṃṣṭrī dhvastaśiroruhaḥ

Translation

ਉਸ ਪਰਮ ਅਦਭੁਤ ਭਵ-ਰੂਪ ਨੂੰ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ ਨਾਰਾਇਣ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—ਉਹ ਅਪ੍ਰਮੇਯ, ਵਿਸ਼ਾਲ ਮੁਖ ਵਾਲਾ, ਉੱਭਰੀਆਂ ਦੰਸ਼ਟਰਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਯੁਕਤ ਅਤੇ ਸੜੀ ਹੋਈਆਂ ਜਟਾਂ ਵਾਲਾ ਸੀ।

Word by Word

• भवम्: Bhava (Śiva)

• अत्यद्भुतम्: exceedingly wondrous

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen

• नारायणम्: Nārāyaṇa (Viṣṇu)

• अथ: then

• अब्रवीत्: spoke

• अप्रमेयः: immeasurable, beyond measure

• महावक्त्रः: great-faced, vast-mouthed

• दंष्ट्री: possessing fangs/tusks

• ध्वस्त-शिरोरुहः: one whose head-hair is destroyed/ruined (burnt off).

Speaker

Suta (narrating the episode; the verse introduces Narayana speaking after seeing Bhava)