Shloka 72

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

Devanagari script

युगादिकृद् युगावर्तो गंभीरो वृषवाहनः इष्टो विशिष्टः शिष्टेष्टः शरभः शरभो धनुः

Transliteration

yugādikṛd yugāvarto gaṃbhīro vṛṣavāhanaḥ iṣṭo viśiṣṭaḥ śiṣṭeṣṭaḥ śarabhaḥ śarabho dhanuḥ

Translation

युगादिकृद् युगावर्तो गंभीरो वृषवाहनः। इष्टो विशिष्टः शिष्टेष्टः शरभः शरभो धनुः॥

Word by Word

• युगादिकृत्: maker/initiator of the yugas

• युगावर्तः: the one who causes the cycles/return of the ages

• गंभीरो: deep, profound, unfathomable

• वृषवाहनः: bull-mounted (whose vehicle is Vṛṣa/Nandin, symbol of Dharma)

• इष्टः: beloved, worshipped, desired

• विशिष्टः: distinguished, pre-eminent, supreme

• शिष्टेष्टः: beloved of the disciplined/learned/virtuous (śiṣṭa) and worshipped by the righteous

• शरभः: Śarabha, the mighty overpowering form/power (invincible strength)

• शरभो: the one who is Śarabha again (emphatic repetition indicating unsurpassed might)

• धनुः: bow, the directing instrument/weapon (symbol of focused will and governance)

Speaker

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