Shloka 16
Muñjavān on Himavat: Maheśvara’s abode, Śiva-stuti, and sacrificial gold
Chapter 8
भास्कराय सुतीर्थाय देवदेवाय रंहसे । उष्णीषिणे सुवक्त्राय सहस्राक्षाय मीढुषे
bhāskarāya sutīrthāya devadevāya raṁhase | uṣṇīṣiṇe suvaktrāya sahasrākṣāya mīḍhuṣe
Wika ni Saṃvarta: “Pagpupugay kay Bhāskara—ang Nagliliwanag; sa pinakabanal na tawiran; sa Diyos ng mga diyos, mabilis sa kapangyarihan; sa Panginoong may korona at marikit ang mukha; sa may sanlibong mata, ang mapagbigay na tagapagkaloob.”
संवर्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse models reverent invocation: approaching the divine through layered epithets—radiance, purity, sovereignty, swiftness, auspicious form, and generosity—suggesting that ethical action and success are grounded in humility and recognition of a higher beneficent power.
Saṁvarta begins a stuti (hymn of praise), addressing a supreme deity with multiple honorific names. The verse functions as an opening salutation, setting a devotional and auspicious tone before the ensuing instruction or ritual context in the Ashvamedhika section.