Shloka 51

स्वेच्छाविग्रहसंभव-प्रतिष्ठाफलवर्णनम् (विविधशिवमूर्तिप्रतिष्ठा, लोक-फल, शिवसायुज्य)

Devanagari script

सम्प्रेक्ष्य चान्धकं पार्श्वे कृताञ्जलिपुटं स्थितम् रूपं कृत्वा यथान्यायं शिवसायुज्यमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

samprekṣya cāndhakaṃ pārśve kṛtāñjalipuṭaṃ sthitam rūpaṃ kṛtvā yathānyāyaṃ śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt

Translation

ਪਾਸੇ ਹੱਥ ਜੋੜ ਕੇ ਖੜ੍ਹੇ ਅੰਧਕ ਨੂੰ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ, (ਪ੍ਰਭੂ) ਸ਼ਾਸਤਰੀ ਨਿਯਮ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਯੋਗ ਰੂਪ ਧਾਰਨ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ; ਅਤੇ ਅੰਧਕ ਸ਼ਿਵ-ਸਾਯੁਜ੍ਯ—ਸ਼ਿਵ ਨਾਲ ਏਕਤਾ—ਪਾ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• सम्प्रेक्ष्य: having beheld/observed

• च: and

• अन्धकं: Andhaka (the asura)

• पार्श्वे: at the side/nearby

• कृताञ्जलिपुटं: with hands joined (añjali) in a cupped gesture

• स्थितम्: standing/remaining

• रूपं: form

• कृत्वा: having assumed/made

• यथा: as/according to

• अन्यायं (यथान्यायं): according to rule/proper ordinance

• शिवसायुज्यम्: union/absorption with Śiva (sāyujya)

• आप्नुयात्: would attain/attains

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva–Andhaka episode to the sages of Naimisharanya)