Shloka 31

Upamanyu’s Tapas, Shiva’s Indra-Form Test, and the Bestowal of Kshiroda and Gaṇapatya

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा स्थितं वीक्ष्य कृताञ्जलिपुटं द्विजम् प्राह गंभीरया वाचा शक्ररूपधरो हरः

Transliteration

evamuktvā sthitaṃ vīkṣya kṛtāñjalipuṭaṃ dvijam prāha gaṃbhīrayā vācā śakrarūpadharo haraḥ

Translation

இவ்வாறு கூறி, கைகூப்பி நின்ற அந்த த்விஜனை நோக்கி, சக்ர வடிவம் கொண்ட ஹரன் ஆழ்ந்த குரலில் உரைத்தான்.

Word by Word

• एवम् (evam): thus

• उक्त्वा (uktvā): having spoken

• स्थितम् (sthitam): standing

• वीक्ष्य (vīkṣya): having looked (upon)

• कृताञ्जलिपुटम् (kṛtāñjalipuṭam): with hands folded in añjali (joined palms)

• द्विजम् (dvijam): the twice-born, brāhmaṇa

• प्राह (prāha): said, spoke

• गंभीरया (gaṁbhīrayā): deep, grave

• वाचा (vācā): with voice, speech

• शक्ररूपधरः (śakra-rūpa-dharaḥ): wearing/assuming the form of Śakra (Indra)

• हरः (haraḥ): Hara, Śiva

Speaker

Shiva (Hara) in the form of Indra (Shakra-rupa)