Shloka 95

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

दग्धुं समर्थो मनसा क्षणेन चराचरं सर्वमिदं त्रिशूली किमत्र दग्धुं त्रिपुरं पिनाकी स्वयं गतश्चात्र गणैश् च सार्धम्

Transliteration

dagdhuṃ samartho manasā kṣaṇena carācaraṃ sarvamidaṃ triśūlī kimatra dagdhuṃ tripuraṃ pinākī svayaṃ gataścātra gaṇaiś ca sārdham

Translation

क्षणेन मनसा दग्धुं समर्थोऽयं त्रिशूली चराचरं जगत्सर्वम्। किमत्र दग्धुं त्रिपुरं पिनाकी? स्वयं स गणैः सहात्र समागतः॥

Word by Word

• दग्धुम्: to burn

• समर्थः: capable, fully able

• मनसा: by mind/will

• क्षणेन: in an instant

• चराचरम्: moving and unmoving beings

• सर्वम्: all

• इदम्: this

• त्रिशूली: the Trident-bearer (Śiva)

• किम्: what?

• अत्र: here/in this matter

• दग्धुम्: to burn

• त्रिपुरम्: Tripura (the three cities)

• पिनाकी: bearer of the bow Pināka (Śiva)

• स्वयं: Himself

• गतः: has come/arrived

• च: and

• अत्र: here

• गणैः: with the Gaṇas

• च: and

• सार्धम्: together with.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Tripura episode to the sages; internal praise voiced in the narrative)