Shloka 45

देवदारुवनौकसां प्रति ब्रह्मोपदेशः—लिङ्गलक्षण-प्रतिष्ठा-विधिः, शिवमायारूपदर्शनं, स्तुतिः

Devanagari script

ततो देवः प्रसन्नात्मा स्वमेवास्थाय शङ्करः रूपं त्र्यक्षं च संद्रष्टुं दिव्यं चक्षुरदात्प्रभुः

Transliteration

tato devaḥ prasannātmā svamevāsthāya śaṅkaraḥ rūpaṃ tryakṣaṃ ca saṃdraṣṭuṃ divyaṃ cakṣuradātprabhuḥ

Translation

แล้วพระศังกรผู้เปี่ยมความพอพระทัย ประทับอยู่ในสภาวะอธิปไตยแห่งสวรูปของพระองค์เอง ได้ประทานทิพยจักษุ เพื่อให้แลเห็นรูปทิพย์ผู้มีสามเนตรได้โดยแท้จริง

Word by Word

• ततः: then

• देवः: the Lord, the Deva

• प्रसन्नात्मा: whose inner being is pleased/benign

• स्वम् एव: in his own (true) nature alone

• आस्थाय: abiding, taking refuge/standing firm

• शङ्करः: Shankara (the auspicious one, Shiva)

• रूपम्: form

• त्र्यक्षम्: three-eyed (tri-locana), transcendent seer

• च: and

• संद्रष्टुम्: to behold clearly, to perceive directly

• दिव्यम्: divine, supra-sensory

• चक्षुः: sight/eye (faculty of vision)

• अदात्: gave, bestowed

• प्रभुः: the sovereign Lord

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages; describing Shiva’s act of grace)