Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.76.5

saḿvatsarānte bhagavān

āśu-toṣa umā-patiḥ

vareṇa cchandayām āsa

śālvaḿ śaraṇam āgatam

SYNONYMS

saḿvatsara — of a year; ante — at the end; bhagavān — the great lord; āśu-toṣaḥ — he who is quickly pleased; umā-patiḥ — the master of Umā; vareṇa — with a benediction; chandayām āsa — had him choose; śālvam — Śālva; śaraṇam — for shelter; āgatam — approached.

TRANSLATION

The great Lord Umāpati is known as "he who is quickly pleased," yet only at the end of a year did he gratify Śālva, who had approached him for shelter, by offering him a choice of benedictions.

PURPORT

Śālva worshiped Lord Śiva, who is famous as Āśutoṣa, "one who is quickly satisfied." And yet Lord Śiva did not come to Śālva for an entire year because, being bhagavān, a great, all-knowing personality, he understood that any benediction given to Lord Kṛṣṇa's enemy would be fruitless. Still, as stated by the words śaraṇam āgatam, Śālva had come to Lord Śiva for shelter, and thus to maintain the standard principle that a worshiper receives a benediction, Lord Śiva offered one to Śālva.

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