Shloka 1

उपमन्युना कृष्णाय पाशुपतज्ञान-प्रदानम् तथा दानविधि-फलश्रुतिः

Devanagari script

इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे उपमन्युचरितं नाम सप्ताधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ऋषय ऊचुः दृष्टो ऽसौ वासुदेवेन कृष्णेनाक्लिष्टकर्मणा धौम्याग्रजस्ततो लब्धं दिव्यं पाशुपतं व्रतम्

Transliteration

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge upamanyucaritaṃ nāma saptādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ ṛṣaya ūcuḥ dṛṣṭo 'sau vāsudevena kṛṣṇenākliṣṭakarmaṇā dhaumyāgrajastato labdhaṃ divyaṃ pāśupataṃ vratam

Translation

Kaya nito, sa unang bahagi ng banal na Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa, sa kabanatang tinatawag na “Mga Gawa ni Upamanyu,” sinabi ng mga ṛṣi: “Siya—ang nakatatandang kapatid ni Dhaumya—ay nakita ni Vāsudeva Kṛṣṇa, na ang mga gawa’y walang hirap at walang dungis; at mula sa pagkikitang iyon ay natamo niya ang makalangit na Pāśupata-vrata—ang disiplina na umaakay sa paśu (kaluluwang nakagapos) tungo kay Pati (Panginoon) sa pagputol ng pāśa (mga gapos).”

Word by Word

• iti: thus

• śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇe: in the sacred Linga Mahapurana

• pūrva-bhāge: in the first part (Purva-bhaga)

• upamanyu-caritaṃ nāma: named 'Upamanyu’s narrative/deeds'

• saptādhika-śatatamaḥ adhyāyaḥ: the 107th chapter (literally, 'one hundred and seven')

• ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥ: the sages said

• dṛṣṭaḥ: was seen/encountered

• asau: he (that person)

• vāsudevena: by Vasudeva (Krishna)

• kṛṣṇena: by Krishna

• akliṣṭa-karmaṇā: whose actions are untroubled/unstained

• dhaumya-agrajaḥ: the elder brother of Dhaumya

• tataḥ: then/from that

• labdham: obtained

• divyam: divine

• pāśupatam: pertaining to Pāśupati (Shiva) / Pāśupata path

• vratam: vow, observance, disciplined religious practice

Speaker

Sages (Ṛṣayaḥ) at Naimiṣāraṇya (within Sūta’s overarching narration)