नमस्ते वसुरूपाय कृष्णाय च नमोऽस्तु ते । नमस्ते रौद्रदेहाय नमस्ते चांतकाय च
namaste vasurūpāya kṛṣṇāya ca namo'stu te | namaste raudradehāya namaste cāṃtakāya ca
اے واسوؤں کے روپ والے! تجھے نمسکار؛ اے کرشن (سیاہ) تجھے سلام۔ اے رَودر جیسے ہیبت ناک جسم والے! تجھے نمسکار؛ اور اے اَنتک (موت کے خاتم) تجھے بھی سلام۔
Pippalāda (addressing Śanaiścara)
Scene: A litany of salutations unfolds as Śanaiścara is envisioned in layered iconographies: dark-bodied, Rudra-like fierce form, and as Antaka (ender), suggesting a deity who governs time, decay, and karmic consequence.
Reverence to the cosmic forces embodied in Śanaiścara—acknowledging his severe, fate-governing aspect—becomes a means to transform fear into devotion and protection.
This verse functions as part of a graha-stotra within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the snippet itself praises Śanaiścara rather than naming a single tīrtha explicitly.
No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it is a hymn-verse (stotra) offering salutations.
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