Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.25.3

yasya ha vā idaḿ kālenopasañjihīrṣato 'marṣa-viracita-rucira-bhramad-bhruvor antareṇa sāńkarṣaṇo nāma rudra ekādaśa-vyūhas try-akṣas tri-śikhaḿ śūlam uttambhayann udatiṣṭhat

SYNONYMS

yasya — of whom; ha vā — indeed; idam — this (material world); kālena — in due course of time; upasañjihīrṣataḥ — desiring to destroy; amarṣa — by anger; viracita — formed; rucira — very beautiful; bhramat — moving; bhruvoḥ — the two eyebrows; antareṇa — from between; sāńkarṣaṇaḥ nāma — named Sāńkarṣaṇa; rudraḥ — an incarnation of Lord Śiva; ekādaśa-vyūhaḥ — who has eleven expansions; tri-akṣaḥ — three eyes; tri-śikham — having three points; śūlam — a trident; uttambhayan — raising; udatiṣṭhat — 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 Sāńkarṣaṇa, 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 Sańkarṣaṇa becomes angry. The eleven Rudras, expansions of Lord Śiva, come out of Lord Sańkarṣaṇa's eyebrows due to His angry mood, and all of them together devastate the entire creation.

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