Shloka 23

स्वेच्छाविग्रहसंभव-प्रतिष्ठाफलवर्णनम् (विविधशिवमूर्तिप्रतिष्ठा, लोक-फल, शिवसायुज्य)

Devanagari script

भृग्वाद्यैर्भूतसंघैश् च संवृतं परमेश्वरम् शैलजासहितं साक्षाद् वृषभध्वजमीश्वरम्

Transliteration

bhṛgvādyairbhūtasaṃghaiś ca saṃvṛtaṃ parameśvaram śailajāsahitaṃ sākṣād vṛṣabhadhvajamīśvaram

Translation

Namalas nila si Parameśvara mismo—napaliligiran ng mga pangkat ng nilalang na pinangungunahan ni Bhṛgu, kasama si Śailajā (Pārvatī); ang Panginoong may watawat na may Baka—si Śiva, ang Pati na naghahari, hayag na nahayag sa harapan.

Word by Word

• भृग्वाद्यैः: by Bhṛgu and others (the foremost sages)

• भूतसंघैः: by assemblies/hosts of bhūtas (Śiva’s attendant beings)

• च: and

• संवृतम्: surrounded, encompassed

• परमेश्वरम्: the Supreme Lord (Parameśvara)

• शैलजासहितम्: together with Śailajā, the Mountain-born Goddess (Pārvatī)

• साक्षात्: directly, manifestly, in person

• वृषभध्वजम्: whose emblem/banner is the bull (Nandin symbolism)

• ईश्वरम्: the Lord, the ruler (Īśvara)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)