Shloka 13
Muñjavān on Himavat: Maheśvara’s abode, Śiva-stuti, and sacrificial gold
Chapter 8
रुद्राय शितिकण्ठाय पुरुषाय सुवर्चसे । कपर्दिने करालाय हर्यक्ष्णे वरदाय च
rudrāya śitikaṇṭhāya puruṣāya suvarcase | kapardine karālāya haryakṣṇe varadāya ca
萨姆瓦尔塔说道：“（我致敬于）鲁陀罗——青颈者，光辉灿然的至上普鲁沙；（致敬于）结发之主，威怖可畏者；（致敬于）黄褐眼的神祇，以及慈惠赐福、施与愿望者。”
संवर्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches reverent devotion through naming the deity’s many aspects: Śiva is simultaneously ascetic (kapardin), awe-inspiring (karāla), and compassionate (varada). Ethically, it models humility—approaching power not with entitlement but with praise and surrender, trusting that the fearsome can also be benevolent.
Saṃvarta is reciting a stuti (hymn of praise), invoking Rudra/Śiva by a sequence of honorific epithets. The passage functions as a devotional invocation within the Ashvamedhika Parva’s broader narrative setting, emphasizing divine support and blessing.