Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.17.6

citraketur uvāca

eṣa loka-guruḥ sākṣād

dharmaḿ vaktā śarīriṇām

āste mukhyaḥ sabhāyāḿ vai

mithunī-bhūya bhāryayā

SYNONYMS

citraketuḥ uvāca — King Citraketu said; eṣaḥ — this; loka-guruḥ — the spiritual master of the people who follow Vedic instructions; sākṣāt — directly; dharmam — of religion; vaktā — the speaker; śarīriṇām — for all living entities who have accepted material bodies; āste — sits; mukhyaḥ — the chief; sabhāyām — in an assembly; vai — indeed; mithunī-bhūya — embracing; bhāryayā — with his wife.

TRANSLATION

Citraketu said: Lord Śiva, the spiritual master of the general populace, is the best of all living entities who have accepted material bodies. He enunciates the system of religion. Yet how wonderful it is that he is embracing his wife, Pārvatī, in the midst of an assembly of great saintly persons.

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