Shloka 15

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

Chapter 8

Devanagari script

क्षेम्याय हरिकेशाय स्थाणवे पुरुषाय च । हरिनेत्राय मुण्डाय क्ुद्धायोत्तरणाय च

Transliteration

kṣemyāya harikeśāya sthāṇave puruṣāya ca | harinetrāya muṇḍāya kruddhāyottaraṇāya ca ||

Translation

Самварта сказал: «Поклонение благому и охраняющему; Владыке с рыжевато‑золотыми волосами; Неподвижному, неколебимому; и высшему Пуруше. Поклонение Тому, чьи очи рыжевато‑золотые; облику аскета с выбритой головой; грозному, гневному лику; и Тому, кто переправляет существ (за пределы опасности и уз)».

Word by Word

• क्षेम्याय: to the auspicious/beneficent one
• क्षेम्याय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षेम्य
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• हरिकेशाय: to the one with tawny/yellow hair
• हरिकेशाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरिकेश
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• स्थाणवे: to the immovable/steadfast one
• स्थाणवे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थाणु
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• पुरुषाय: to the Person (Supreme Person)
• पुरुषाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• हरिनेत्राय: to the one with tawny/yellow eyes
• हरिनेत्राय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरिनेत्र
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• मुण्डाय: to the shaven-headed/bald one
• मुण्डाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुण्ड
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• क्रुद्धाय: to the angry one
• क्रुद्धाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• उत्तरणाय: to the deliverance/crossing-over (savior)
• उत्तरणाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तरण
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

संवर्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Saṃvarta
• Hari (as an epithet)
• Sthāṇu (as an epithet)
• Puruṣa (Supreme Person)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches integrated devotion: the same supreme reality is invoked as protector (kṣema), steadfast ground (sthāṇu), and deliverer (uttaraṇa), while also being capable of righteous wrath (kruddha). Ethically, it affirms that divine power supports dharma both by safeguarding the good and by restraining wrongdoing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Saṃvarta is uttering a sequence of salutations (a stotra-like invocation), naming the deity through multiple epithets. The piling of names functions as a ritual and rhetorical act of seeking protection, legitimacy, and successful passage through a difficult situation by aligning oneself with the supreme order.