Shloka 223

Śatarudrīya-prabhāva and Rudra’s Supremacy (शतरुद्रीयप्रभावः)

Devanagari script

तत्‌ सदो वृषभाड्कस्य भीमरूपधरं बभौ | मधुसूदन! वृषभध्वजका वह भयानक सभास्थल क्षणभरमें अद्भुत शोभा पाने लगा

Transliteration

tat sado vṛṣabhāṅkasya bhīmarūpadharaṃ babhau | madhusūdana! vṛṣabhadhvajakā vaha bhayānaka sabhāsthala kṣaṇabhareṃ adbhuta śobhā pāne lagā

Translation

Nārada nói: “Rồi đại sảnh của Vṛṣabhāṅka (Śiva), mang lấy hình tướng đáng sợ, hiện ra với uy nghi ghê rợn. Ôi Madhusūdana, chỉ trong khoảnh khắc, đại sảnh đáng sợ của Vṛṣabhadhvaja (Đấng mang cờ hiệu bò) bắt đầu rực sáng bằng một vẻ huy hoàng phi thường.”

Word by Word

• तत्: that (thing/place)
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सदः: assembly hall
• सदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वृषभाङ्कस्य: of the bull-marked one (Śiva)
• वृषभाङ्कस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभाङ्क
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भीमरूपधरम्: having a terrible form
• भीमरूपधरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीमरूपधर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बभौ: shone/appeared
• बभौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भा
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• मधुसूदन: O slayer of Madhu (Kṛṣṇa)
• मधुसूदन: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुसूदन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वृषभध्वजक: O one with the bull-banner (Śiva)
• वृषभध्वजक: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभध्वजक
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वह: carry/bear
• वह: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Singular

• भयानक: terrible
• भयानक: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भयानक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सभास्थलम्: the assembly-place
• सभास्थलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभास्थल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• क्षणभरम्: for a moment
• क्षणभरम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षणभर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अद्भुत: wonderful
• अद्भुत: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• शोभाम्: splendour/beauty
• शोभाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोभा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पाने: to obtain
• पाने: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा
• Form: Infinitive (Tumun), Parasmaipada

• लगा: began (Hindi usage)
• लगा: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: लग्
• Form: Past (Hindi auxiliary; not Classical Sanskrit), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• Vṛṣabhāṅka (Śiva)
• Vṛṣabhadhvaja (Śiva)
• sabhā (assembly-hall)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the overwhelming majesty of the divine: sacred space can suddenly transform into a vision of awe, mixing fear and wonder. It implicitly teaches reverence and humility before higher power, where splendor is not merely aesthetic but a sign of transcendent presence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes Śiva’s assembly-hall: it assumes a terrifying aspect and, almost instantly, becomes radiant with extraordinary beauty. The address to Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa) frames the description as a report to a revered listener.