Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.25.3

yasya ha vā idam kālenopasañjihīrshato 'marsha-viracita-rucira-bhramad-bhruvor antarena sāńkarshano nāma rudra ekādaśa-vyūhas try-akshas tri-śikham śūlam uttambhayann udatishthat

SYNONYMS

yasya — of whom; ha vā — indeed; idam — this (material world); kālena — in due course of time; upasañjihīrshatah — desiring to destroy; amarsha — by anger; viracita — formed; rucira — very beautiful; bhramat — moving; bhruvoh — the two eyebrows; antarena — from between; sāńkarshanah nāma — named Sāńkarshana; rudrah — an incarnation of Lord Śiva; ekādaśa-vyūhah — who has eleven expansions; tri-akshah — three eyes; tri-śikham — having three points; śūlam — a trident; uttambhayan — raising; udatishthat — arose.

TRANSLATION

At the time of devastation, when Lord Anantadeva desires to destroy the entire creation, He becomes slightly angry. Then from between His two eyebrows appears three-eyed Rudra, carrying a trident. This Rudra, who is known as Sāńkarshana, is the embodiment of the eleven Rudras, or incarnations of Lord Śiva. He appears in order to devastate the entire creation.

PURPORT

In each creation, the living entities are given a chance to close their business as conditioned souls. When they misuse this opportunity and do not go back home, back to Godhead, Lord Sańkarshana becomes angry. The eleven Rudras, expansions of Lord Śiva, come out of Lord Sańkarshana's eyebrows due to His angry mood, and all of them together devastate the entire creation.

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