परित्रायस्व देवेश सर्वलोकपितामह । नान्या गतिः सुरेशान त्वां मुक्त्वा परमेश्वर
paritrāyasva deveśa sarvalokapitāmaha | nānyā gatiḥ sureśāna tvāṃ muktvā parameśvara
“اے دیوتاؤں کے مالک، اے تمام جہانوں کے پِتامہ! ہماری حفاظت فرما۔ اے سُریشان، اے پرمیشور، تیرے سوا ہماری کوئی اور پناہ نہیں۔”
Devas (addressing Brahmā)
Scene: Devas with folded hands plead before Brahmā: a focused, symmetrical devotional tableau; Brahmā’s calm radiance contrasts with their urgency; the words ‘nānyā gatiḥ’ implied by their posture of total surrender.
Exclusive reliance on the divine (ananya-śaraṇatā) is praised as the proper response to existential fear.
Not yet; the prayer precedes the instruction that points to the Revā/Narmadā bank and its sacred waters.
None directly; it is a devotional appeal for protection.