Shloka 3
Adhyaya 87 — Saṃsāra-viṣa-kathana: Ājñā-śakti, Māyā-bandha, and Mokṣa by Prasāda
Devanagari script
सूत उवाच एवमुक्तः प्रहस्येशः पिनाकी नीललोहितः प्राह ताम् अंबिकां प्रेक्ष्य प्रणिपत्य स्थितान् द्विजान्
Transliteration
sūta uvāca evamuktaḥ prahasyeśaḥ pinākī nīlalohitaḥ prāha tām aṃbikāṃ prekṣya praṇipatya sthitān dvijān
Translation
सूत उवाच । एवमुक्तः प्रहस्येशः पिनाकी नीललोहितः । प्राह तामम्बिकां प्रेक्ष्य प्रणिपत्य स्थितान्द्विजान् ॥
Word by Word
sūta uvācaSūta said
sūta uvāca:
evam-uktaḥthus spoken to/thus addressed
evam-uktaḥ:
prahasyasmiling, with gentle laughter
prahasya:
īśaḥthe Lord (Pati, Shiva)
īśaḥ:
pinākībearer of the bow Pināka
pinākī:
nīla-lohitaḥblue and ruddy-hued (a Shaiva epithet)
nīla-lohitaḥ:
prāhasaid/spoke
prāha:
tāmto her/that (Ambikā)
tām:
aṃbikāmAmbikā (Shakti/Parvati)
aṃbikām:
prekṣyahaving looked at/considered
prekṣya:
praṇipatyahaving bowed down
praṇipatya:
sthitānstanding, present
sthitān:
dvijānthe twice-born (Brahmin sages).
dvijān:
Speaker
Suta Goswami