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Shloka 31

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

वेदान्तसारसंदोहः कपाली नीललोहितः ध्यानाधारोपरिच्छेद्यो गौरीभर्ता गणेश्वरः

vedāntasārasaṃdohaḥ kapālī nīlalohitaḥ dhyānādhāroparicchedyo gaurībhartā gaṇeśvaraḥ

स वेदान्तसारसंदोहः कपाली नीललोहितः। ध्यानाधारोऽपरिच्छेद्यो गौरीभर्ता गणेश्वरः॥

vedānta-sāra-saṃdohaḥthe collected essence of Vedānta
vedānta-sāra-saṃdohaḥ:
kapālīthe bearer of a skull (ascetic form)
kapālī:
nīla-lohitaḥblue and red-hued (mystic, awe-inspiring form)
nīla-lohitaḥ:
dhyāna-ādhāraḥthe support/basis of meditation
dhyāna-ādhāraḥ:
aparicchedyaḥindivisible, unbounded, not delimited
aparicchedyaḥ:
gaurī-bhartāhusband of Gaurī (Śakti)
gaurī-bhartā:
gaṇa-īśvaraḥLord of the Gaṇas (Śiva’s hosts)
gaṇa-īśvaraḥ:

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva-Sahasranama to the sages at Naimisharanya)