स तस्यैव प्रसादाद् वै हन्याद् एव रिपुर् बली ॥
नागत्वा शंकरस्थानं भगवान् दृश्यते हरः ॥
दृष्ट्वा हनिष्यथ रिपुं क्षिप्रं गच्छत मन्दरम् ॥
यत्रास्ते तपसां योनिर् दक्षयज्ञविनाशनः ॥
पिनाकी सर्वभूतेशो भगनेत्रनिपातनः ॥
ते गत्वा सहिता देवा ब्रह्मणा सह मन्दरम् ॥
अपश्यंस् तेजसां राशिं सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभम् ॥
sa tasyaiva prasādād vai hanyād eva ripur balī ||
nāgatvā śaṃkarasthānaṃ bhagavān dṛśyate haraḥ ||
dṛṣṭvā haniṣyatha ripuṃ kṣipraṃ gacchata mandaram ||
yatrāste tapasāṃ yonir dakṣayajñavināśanaḥ ||
pinākī sarvabhūteśo bhaganetranipātanaḥ ||
te gatvā sahitā devā brahmaṇā saha mandaram ||
apaśyaṃs tejasāṃ rāśiṃ sūryakoṭisamaprabham ||
"It is only by his [Shiva's] grace that this mighty foe can be slain. Without coming to Shankara's abode, the lord Hara is not seen; having seen him, strike down the enemy. Go swiftly to Mandara, where dwells the source of austerities, the destroyer of Daksha's sacrifice." Going together with Brahma to Mandara, the gods beheld a mass of splendor, blazing like ten million suns.
d46f192c1e63 · publicado 19 jul 2026, 15:45:02 UTC
Disponible enRUENPasa de verso en verso con
Brahma points the way: Vritra can be slain only 'tasya prasādāt', by Shiva's grace. Evil born of a higher sufferance is overcome only by a higher grace. It is telling that Brahma himself, together with the gods, goes to Shiva for this grace: the highest is overcome only by the highest. The verse teaches that against an evil whose strength comes from austerity and divine sufferance, valor alone is powerless: grace from above is needed; and so even the gods seek first not weapons but grace — for victory over great evil is granted not by force, but by the mercy of the Lord.