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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 8.12.41
srivatsankena sat-kritah
SYNONYMS
sri-sukah uvaca -- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; evam -- thus; bhagavata -- by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; rajan -- O King; srivatsa-ankena -- who always carries the mark of Srivatsa on His breast; sat-kritah -- being very much applauded; amantrya -- taking permission from; tam -- Him; parikramya -- circumambulating; sa-ganah -- with his associates; sva-alayam -- to his own abode; yayau -- went back.
TRANSLATION
Sukadeva Gosvami said: O King, having thus been praised by the Supreme Personality, who bears the mark of Srivatsa on His chest, Lord Siva circumambulated Him. Then, after taking permission from Him, Lord Siva returned to his abode, Kailasa, along with his associates.
PURPORT
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura remarks that when Lord Siva was offering obeisances unto Lord Vishnu, Lord Vishnu arose and embraced him. Therefore the word srivatsankena is used here. The mark of Srivatsa adorns the chest of Lord Vishnu, and therefore when Lord Vishnu embraced Lord Siva while being circumambulated, the Srivatsa mark touched Lord Siva's bosom.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness