Shloka 21

Adhyaya 33: Pashupata Conduct, Bhasma-Vrata, and Shiva’s Boon to the Sages

Devanagari script

गौतमो ऽत्रिः सुकेशश् च पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः मरीचिः कश्यपः कण्वः संवर्तश् च महातपाः

Transliteration

gautamo 'triḥ sukeśaś ca pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ marīciḥ kaśyapaḥ kaṇvaḥ saṃvartaś ca mahātapāḥ

Translation

ਗੌਤਮ, ਅਤ੍ਰੀ ਅਤੇ ਸੁਕੇਸ਼; ਪੁਲਸਤ੍ਯ, ਪੁਲਹ ਅਤੇ ਕ੍ਰਤੁ; ਮਰੀਚੀ, ਕਸ਼੍ਯਪ, ਕਣ੍ਵ ਅਤੇ ਸੰਵਰਤ—ਇਹ ਸਭ ਮਹਾਤਪਸਵੀ, ਤਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਹਾਨ ਸਨ।

Word by Word

• गौतमः: Gautama (a great sage)

• अत्रिः: Atri (a great sage)

• सुकेशः: Sukeśa (a sage)

• च: and

• पुलस्त्यः: Pulastya (a Prajāpati-sage)

• पुलहः: Pulaha (a Prajāpati-sage)

• क्रतुः: Kratu (a Prajāpati-sage)

• मरीचिः: Marīci (a mind-born sage of Brahmā)

• कश्यपः: Kaśyapa (progenitor-sage)

• कण्वः: Kaṇva (a sage)

• संवर्तः: Saṃvarta (a sage)

• महातपाः: great ascetics / those of immense austerity

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)