Shloka 1

ऋषिकृत-रुद्रस्तुतिः तथा संहाराग्नि-प्रश्नः

Kāma–Krodha–Lobha and the Fire of Dissolution

Devanagari script

इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे एकत्रिंशो ऽध्यायः ऋषय ऊचुः नमो दिग्वाससे नित्यं कृतान्ताय त्रिशूलिने विकटाय करालाय करालवदनाय च

Transliteration

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge ekatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ṛṣaya ūcuḥ namo digvāsase nityaṃ kṛtāntāya triśūline vikaṭāya karālāya karālavadanāya ca

Translation

Assim, no Śrī Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa, no Pūrvabhāga, capítulo trinta e um—disseram os rishis: «Reverência eterna Àquele que se veste das direções (Digvāsa); a Kṛtānta, que é o Tempo e o ordenador da morte; ao Portador do Tridente; a Vikaṭa, vasto e assombroso; a Karāla, o Terrível; e a Karālavādana, de face feroz e formidável».

Word by Word

• iti: thus

• śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇe: in the auspicious Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa

• pūrva-bhāge: in the first section (Pūrvabhāga)

• ekatriṃśaḥ adhyāyaḥ: the thirty-first chapter (chapter colophon phrase as transmitted)

• ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥ: the sages said

• namaḥ: salutation

• digvāsase: to the sky-clad One / the One clothed by the directions

• nityam: always

• kṛtāntāya: to the End-maker / Lord of Time-death

• triśūline: to the trident-bearer

• vikaṭāya: to the immense, formidable One

• karālāya: to the terrifying One

• karālavadanāya: to the fierce-faced One

• ca: and

Speaker

Rishis (Sages at Naimisharanya, addressing Shiva within Suta’s narration)