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Shloka 38

Varaha-Pradurbhava Context: Prahlada’s Bhakti, Narasimha’s Ugra-Form, and Shiva’s Sharabha Intervention

हिरण्यबाहवे साक्षाद् धिरण्यपतये नमः शर्वाय सर्वरूपाय पुरुषाय नमोनमः

hiraṇyabāhave sākṣād dhiraṇyapataye namaḥ śarvāya sarvarūpāya puruṣāya namonamaḥ

ਸੁਵਰਨ-ਬਾਹੂ, ਸਾਖਾਤ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਨੂੰ ਨਮਹ; ਸੁਵਰਨ ਅਤੇ ਸਮ੍ਰਿੱਧੀ ਦੇ ਸਵਾਮੀ ਨੂੰ ਨਮਹ। ਸ਼ਰਵ, ਸਰਬ-ਰੂਪ, ਪਰਮ ਪੁਰੁਸ਼ ਨੂੰ ਵਾਰ ਵਾਰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ।

hiraṇya-bāhaveto the golden-armed One
hiraṇya-bāhave:
sākṣātdirectly, manifestly, in person
sākṣāt:
dhiraṇya-pataye (hiraṇya-pataye)to the Lord/Master of gold (wealth, radiance)
dhiraṇya-pataye (hiraṇya-pataye):
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
śarvāyato Śarva (Śiva as the dissolver/destroyer of impurities)
śarvāya:
sarva-rūpāyato the One whose forms are all (immanent in every form)
sarva-rūpāya:
puruṣāyato the Supreme Person/Indwelling Consciousness
puruṣāya:
namo namaḥrepeated obeisance, again and again
namo namaḥ:

Suta Goswami (narrating a received Shiva-stotra within the Linga Purana’s praise sequence)