Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 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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