Shloka 23

Muñjavān on Himavat: Maheśvara’s abode, Śiva-stuti, and sacrificial gold

Chapter 8

Devanagari script

विलोहिताय दीप्ताय दीप्ताक्षाय महौजसे । वसुरेत:सुवपुषे पृथवे कृत्तिवाससे

Transliteration

vilohitāya dīptāya dīptākṣāya mahaujase | vasuretaḥ-suvapuṣe pṛthave kṛttivāsase

Translation

ਸੰਵਰਤ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—“ਲਾਲ ਵਰਣ ਵਾਲੇ, ਦਿਪਤਿਮਾਨ, ਦਿਪਤ ਅੱਖਾਂ ਵਾਲੇ, ਮਹਾਂ ਤੇਜ ਵਾਲੇ; ਵਸੁਰੇਤਾ, ਸੁੰਦਰ ਦੇਹ ਵਾਲੇ, ਵਿਸ਼ਾਲ ਅਤੇ ਕ੍ਰਿੱਤਿਵਾਸ (ਮ੍ਰਿਗਚਰਮਧਾਰੀ) ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ ਹੈ।”

Word by Word

• विलोहिताय: to the reddish one
• विलोहिताय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विलोहित
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• दीप्ताय: to the blazing one
• दीप्ताय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप्त
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• दीप्ताक्षाय: to him whose eyes are blazing
• दीप्ताक्षाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप्ताक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• महौजसे: to the great-energied/mighty one
• महौजसे: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महौजस्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• वसुरेतः: to Vasuretā (name/epithet)
• वसुरेतः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुरेतस्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सुवपुषे: to the beautiful-bodied one
• सुवपुषे: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुवपु
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• पृथवे: to the broad/large one
• पृथवे: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृथु
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• कृत्तिवाससे: to Kṛttivāsa (the wearer of a skin)
• कृत्तिवाससे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्तिवासस्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

संवर्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Saṃvarta
• Vasus
• Rudra/Śiva (implied by epithets such as kṛttivāsas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models dhārmic speech: before giving counsel or acting, one should acknowledge a higher moral and cosmic order through humility and reverence. The invocation emphasizes awe, restraint, and alignment with a power greater than personal will.

What is happening in the narrative?

Saṃvarta begins a statement with a formal salutation/invocation, praising a formidable, ascetic, radiant deity (implicitly Rudra/Śiva) through a chain of epithets, setting a solemn tone for what follows.