Shloka 177

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

दत्त्वा तस्मै ब्रह्मणे विष्णवे च दग्ध्वा दैत्यान्देवदेवो महात्मा सार्धं देव्या नन्दिना भूतसंघैर् अन्तर्धानं कारयामास शर्वः

Transliteration

dattvā tasmai brahmaṇe viṣṇave ca dagdhvā daityāndevadevo mahātmā sārdhaṃ devyā nandinā bhūtasaṃghair antardhānaṃ kārayāmāsa śarvaḥ

Translation

ਉਸ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਅਤੇ ਵਿਸ਼ਣੂ ਨੂੰ ਵਰ ਦੇ ਕੇ, ਦੈਤਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਸਾੜ ਕੇ, ਦੇਵਾਂ ਦੇ ਦੇਵ ਮਹਾਤਮਾ ਸ਼ਰਵ ਨੇ ਦੇਵੀ, ਨੰਦੀ ਅਤੇ ਭੂਤ-ਗਣਾਂ ਸਮੇਤ ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਨੂੰ ਅੰਤರ್ಧਾਨ ਕਰ ਲਿਆ।

Word by Word

• दत्त्वा: having given/bestowed

• तस्मै: to him

• ब्रह्मणे: to Brahmā

• विष्णवे: to Viṣṇu

• च: and

• दग्ध्वा: having burned

• दैत्यान्: the Daityas (demonic foes of the Devas)

• देवदेवः: the God of gods

• महात्मा: great-souled, exalted Self

• सार्धम्: together with

• देव्या: with the Goddess (Śakti/Devī)

• नन्दिना: with Nandin

• भूतसंघैः: with the assemblages of Bhūtas (Śiva’s spirits/attendants)

• अन्तर्धानम्: disappearance, concealment (withdrawal from perception)

• कारयामास: caused/made to happen

• शर्वः: Śarva (Śiva).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)