Shloka 18
उपमन्युना कृष्णाय पाशुपतज्ञान-प्रदानम् तथा दानविधि-फलश्रुतिः
Devanagari script
अध्रुवेण शरीरेण ध्रुवं साध्यं प्रयत्नतः भव्यं पाशुपतं नित्यं संसारार्णवतारकम्
Transliteration
adhruveṇa śarīreṇa dhruvaṃ sādhyaṃ prayatnataḥ bhavyaṃ pāśupataṃ nityaṃ saṃsārārṇavatārakam
Translation
अध्रुवेण शरीरेण ध्रुवं साध्यं प्रयत्नतः। भव्यं पाशुपतं नित्यं संसारार्णवतारकम्॥
Word by Word
अध्रुवेण (adhruveṇa)with the impermanent
अध्रुवेण (adhruveṇa):
शरीरेण (śarīreṇa)body
शरीरेण (śarīreṇa):
ध्रुवं (dhruvaṃ)the steadfast/Imperishable (the Supreme)
ध्रुवं (dhruvaṃ):
साध्यं (sādhyaṃ)to be attained/accomplished
साध्यं (sādhyaṃ):
प्रयत्नतः (prayatnataḥ)through effort/with deliberate striving
प्रयत्नतः (prayatnataḥ):
भव्यं (bhavyaṃ)auspicious, noble
भव्यं (bhavyaṃ):
पाशुपतं (pāśupataṃ)pertaining to Paśupati, the Pāśupata discipline
पाशुपतं (pāśupataṃ):
नित्यं (nityaṃ)eternal, constant
नित्यं (nityaṃ):
संसार-अर्णव-तारकम् (saṃsārārṇava-tārakam)that which enables crossing the ocean of worldly existence
संसार-अर्णव-तारकम् (saṃsārārṇava-tārakam):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-oriented teaching within the Purana’s discourse)