Shloka 95

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

ऋतुरृतुकरस्तालो मधुर्मधुकरो वरः वानस्पत्यो वाजसनो नित्यमाश्रमपूजितः

Transliteration

ṛturṛtukarastālo madhurmadhukaro varaḥ vānaspatyo vājasano nityamāśramapūjitaḥ

Translation

ऋतुरृतुकरस्तालो मधुर्मधुकरो वरः। वानस्पत्यो वाजसनो नित्यमाश्रमपूजितः॥

Word by Word

• ऋतुः (ṛtuḥ): season, cosmic order in time

• ऋतुकरः (ṛtukaraḥ): maker/ordainer of seasons

• तालः (tālaḥ): rhythm, measure, cadence (also regulated time)

• मधुः (madhuḥ): honey, sweetness, delight

• मधुकरः (madhukaraḥ): honey-maker, bee (also one who produces sweetness)

• वरः (varaḥ): best, excellent, boon-giver

• वानस्पत्यः (vānaspatyaḥ): lord of plants/trees, vegetation principle

• वाजसनः (vājasanaḥ): giver of vāja (strength/food), provider of sacrificial nourishment

• नित्यम् (nityam): always, eternally

• आश्रमपूजितः (āśramapūjitaḥ): worshipped in āśramas (hermitages), revered by ascetics

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva Sahasranama within the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)