Shloka 92

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

सितातपत्रं रत्नांशुमिश्रितं परमेष्ठिनः यथोदये शशाङ्कस्य भात्यखण्डं हि मण्डलम्

Transliteration

sitātapatraṃ ratnāṃśumiśritaṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ yathodaye śaśāṅkasya bhātyakhaṇḍaṃ hi maṇḍalam

Translation

一柄白色王伞，杂映宝珠之光，为至上主帕拉梅什提因（Parameṣṭhin）而辉耀；正如月出之时，月轮显现圆满无缺，通体光明。

Word by Word

• सितातपत्रम्: white parasol/royal canopy

• रत्नांशु-मिश्रितम्: blended with jewel-rays, gem-splendour suffused

• परमेष्ठिनः: of Parameṣṭhin (the Supreme Lord

• यथा: just as

• उदये: at the rising/appearance

• शशाङ्कस्य: of the moon

• भाति: shines, appears resplendent

• अखण्डम्: unbroken, entire

• हि: indeed

• मण्डलम्: disk/orb, circle (luminous sphere).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)