Shloka 153

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

Devanagari script

सुरेशः शरणं सर्वः शब्दब्रह्म सतां गतिः कालभक्षः कलङ्कारिः कङ्कणीकृतवासुकिः

Transliteration

sureśaḥ śaraṇaṃ sarvaḥ śabdabrahma satāṃ gatiḥ kālabhakṣaḥ kalaṅkāriḥ kaṅkaṇīkṛtavāsukiḥ

Translation

सुरेशः शरणं सर्वः शब्दब्रह्म सतां गतिः। कालभक्षः कलङ्कारिः कङ्कणीकृतवासुकिः॥

Word by Word

• सुरेशः: Lord of the gods

• शरणम्: refuge, shelter

• सर्वः: all, the all-pervading one

• शब्दब्रह्म: Brahman in the form of sacred sound (Veda/Pranava)

• सताम्: of the virtuous, of the realized

• गतिः: goal, refuge, final course

• कालभक्षः: devourer of Time (transcending kāla)

• कलङ्कारिः: bearer/maker of the auspicious mark (the famed ‘stain’ such as ash/mark that becomes holy)

• कङ्कणीकृतवासुकिः: he who made Vāsuki a bracelet/ornament

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-Sahasranama portion to the sages of Naimisharanya)