Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 88: Lord Śiva Saved from Vṛkāsura

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.88.17

ity ādiṣṭas tam asura

upādhāvat sva-gātrataḥ

kedāra ātma-kravyeṇa

juhvāno gni-mukhaḿ haram

SYNONYMS

iti — thus; ādiṣṭaḥ — instructed; tam — him (Lord Śiva); asuraḥ — the demon; upādhāvat — worshiped; sva — his own; gātrataḥ — from the bodily limbs; kedāre — at the holy place Kedāranātha; ātma — his own; kravyeṇa — with the flesh; juhvānaḥ — offering oblations; agni — the fire; mukham — whose mouth; haram — Lord Śiva.

TRANSLATION

[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] Thus advised, the demon proceeded to worship Lord Śiva at Kedāranātha by taking pieces of flesh from his own body and offering them as oblations into the sacred fire, which is Lord Śiva's mouth.

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