Shloka 4

अध्याय ९६: शरभ-प्रादुर्भावः, नृसिंह-दर्पशमनम्, विष्णोः शिवस्तुतिः, फलश्रुति

Devanagari script

भैरव (देस्च्रिप्तिओन्) आत्मनो भैरवं रूपं महाप्रलयकारकम् आजगाम पुरा सद्यो गणानामग्रतो हसन्

Transliteration

Bhairava (description) ātmano bhairavaṃ rūpaṃ mahāpralayakārakam ājagāma purā sadyo gaṇānāmagrato hasan

Translation

ਭੈਰਵ—ਜਿਸ ਦਾ ਰੂਪ ਮਹਾਪ੍ਰਲਯ ਦਾ ਕਾਰਣ ਹੈ—ਆਪਣੇ ਹੀ ਭੈਰਵ-ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਤੁਰੰਤ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਹੋਇਆ ਅਤੇ ਹੱਸਦਾ ਹੋਇਆ ਗਣਾਂ ਦੇ ਅੱਗੇ ਆ ਪਹੁੰਚਿਆ।

Word by Word

• आत्मनः: of himself/one’s own

• भैरवम्: the Bhairava (terrific) aspect

• रूपम्: form

• महाप्रलयकारकम्: causing the great dissolution

• आजगाम: came, manifested/appeared

• पुरा: formerly, once

• सद्यः: immediately, at once

• गणानाम्: of the Gaṇas (Śiva’s attendants)

• अग्रतः: in front, before

• हसन्: laughing

• भैरव: Bhairava (name/aspect of Śiva)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages; internal description of Shiva’s Bhairava aspect)