Shloka 54

क्षुपस्य विष्णुदर्शनं, वैष्णवस्तोत्रं, दधीचविवादः, स्थानेश्वरतीर्थमाहात्म्यं

Devanagari script

दिव्यं त्रिशूलम् अभवत् कालाग्निसदृशप्रभम् दग्धुं देवान्मतिं चक्रे युगान्ताग्निरिवापरः

Transliteration

divyaṃ triśūlam abhavat kālāgnisadṛśaprabham dagdhuṃ devānmatiṃ cakre yugāntāgnirivāparaḥ

Translation

ਕਾਲਾਗਨੀ ਵਰਗੀ ਜੋਤ ਵਾਲਾ ਇਕ ਦਿਵ੍ਯ ਤ੍ਰਿਸ਼ੂਲ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਹੋਇਆ; ਯੁਗਾਂਤ ਦੀ ਅੱਗ ਵਾਂਗ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਦੇਵਤਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਸਾੜਣ ਦਾ ਸੰਕਲਪ ਕੀਤਾ।

Word by Word

• दिव्यम्: divine, celestial

• त्रिशूलम्: trident (Śiva’s weapon)

• अभवत्: came into being, manifested

• कालाग्नि-सदृश-प्रभम्: having splendor like the Time-Fire (cosmic consuming fire)

• दग्धुम्: to burn, to consume

• देवान्: the gods (devas)

• मतिम्: thought, intention, resolve

• चक्रे: made, formed

• युगान्त-अग्निः: the fire at the end of an age (yuga)

• इव: like

• अपरः: another (being/force), a second one

Speaker

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