Shloka 108

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

महास्कन्धो महाकर्णो महोष्ठश् च महाहनुः महानासो महाकण्ठो महाग्रीवः श्मशानवान्

Transliteration

mahāskandho mahākarṇo mahoṣṭhaś ca mahāhanuḥ mahānāso mahākaṇṭho mahāgrīvaḥ śmaśānavān

Translation

महास्कन्धो महाकर्णो महोष्ठश्च महाहनुः। महानासो महाकण्ठो महाग्रीवः श्मशानवान्॥

Word by Word

• mahā-skandhaḥ: one with great shoulders

• mahā-karṇaḥ: one with great ears

• mahā-oṣṭhaḥ: one with great lips

• ca: and

• mahā-hanuḥ: one with great jaws

• mahā-nāsaḥ: one with great nose

• mahā-kaṇṭhaḥ: one with great throat

• mahā-grīvaḥ: one with great neck

• śmaśāna-vān: one who dwells in/possesses the cremation-ground (as his domain)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva Sahasranama within the Linga Purana tradition)