Shloka 29

Gajendra's Deliverance — Gajendra’s Deliverance and the Protective Power of Remembrance (Japa)

Devanagari script

नान्यं देवं महादेवात् पूजयामास केशवात् मथितामृतफेनाभं शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम्

Transliteration

nānyaṃ devaṃ mahādevāt pūjayāmāsa keśavāt mathitāmṛtaphenābhaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam

Translation

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Speakers

• Narrator (Purāṇic speaker) to the listening sage/audience

Primary Deities

• Viṣṇu (Keśava)
• Śiva (Mahādeva)

Key Themes

• Iconography of Viṣṇu (śaṅkha-cakra-gadā)
• Devotional exclusivity (ananya-bhakti)
• Śiva–Viṣṇu theological framing via ‘Mahādeva’
• Mythic allusion to Samudra-manthana

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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