Canto 12: The Age of DeteriorationChapter 10: Lord Śiva and Umā Glorify Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.10.11-13

ātmany api śivaḿ prāptaḿ

taḍit-pińga-jaṭā-dharam

try-akṣaḿ daśa-bhujaḿ prāḿśum

udyantam iva bhāskaram

vyāghra-carmāmbaraḿ śūla-

dhanur-iṣv-asi-carmabhiḥ

akṣa-mālā-ḍamaruka-

kapālaḿ paraśuḿ saha

bibhrāṇaḿ sahasā bhātaḿ

vicakṣya hṛdi vismitaḥ

kim idaḿ kuta eveti

samādher virato muniḥ

SYNONYMS

ātmani — within himself; api — also; śivam — Lord Śiva; prāptam — arrived; taḍit — like lightning; pińga — yellowish; jaṭā — locks of hair; dharam — carrying; tri-akṣam — with three eyes; daśa-bhujam — and ten arms; prāḿśum — very tall; udyantam — rising; ivaas; bhāskaram — the sun; vyāghra — of a tiger; carma — the fur; ambaramas his garment; śūla — with his trident; dhanaḥ — bow; iṣu — arrows; asi — sword; carmabhiḥ — and shield; akṣa-mālā — his prayer beads; ḍamaruka — small drum; kapālam — and skull; paraśum — ax; saha — together with; bibhrāṇam — exhibiting; sahasā — suddenly; bhātam — manifest; vicakṣya — seeing; hṛdiin his heart; vismitaḥ — surprised; kim — what; idam — this; kutaḥ — from where; eva — indeed; iti — thus; samādheḥ — from his trance; virataḥ — desisted; muniḥ — the sage.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya saw Lord Śiva suddenly appear within his heart. Lord Śiva's golden hair resembled lightning, and he had three eyes, ten arms and a tall body that shone like the rising sun. He wore a tiger skin, and he carried a trident, a bow, arrows, a sword and a shield, along with prayer beads, a ḍamaru drum, a skull and an ax. Astonished, the sage came out of his trance and thought, "Who is this, and where has he come from?"

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