Shloka 45

Gift of Sudarshana — The Gift of Sudarshana: Shiva’s Boon to Vishnu and the Sanctification of Virupaksha

Devanagari script

तन्मातुर्वचनं श्रुत्वा वीतमन्युसुतो बली तमाराध्य विरूपाक्षं प्राप्तः क्षीरेण भोजनम्

Transliteration

tanmāturvacanaṃ śrutvā vītamanyusuto balī tamārādhya virūpākṣaṃ prāptaḥ kṣīreṇa bhojanam

Translation

phālgunī-dvitaye guhyaṃ pūjanīyaṃ vicakṣaṇaiḥ | dohade ca payo gavyaṃ deyaṃ ca dvija-bhojanam ||

Speakers

• Narrative voice (reporting Bali’s response to his mother’s instruction).

Primary Deities

• Shiva

Key Themes

• Efficacy of maternal counsel (mātṛ-vākya)
• Śiva devotion across asura lineages
• Boons as immediate, tangible sustenance (kṣīra-bhojana)
• Dharma of worship (ārādhana)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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