Mahabharata Anushasna Parva (Dana Dharma Parva) Chapter 17:21
Thou art the wielder of the bow called Pinaka. Thou art the master of that knowledge which treats of Brahman.[1]Thou art he who has subjugated his senses by the aid of thy knowledge of Brahman. Thou art he who bearest Ganga on thy head.[2] Thou art the husband of Uma, the daughter of Himavat. Thou art mighty (in consequence of thy having assumed the form of the vast Boar for raising the submerged Earth). Thou art he who protects the universe by assuming diverse incarnations. Thou art worthy of adoration. Thou art that primeval Being with the equine head who recited the Vedas with a thundering voice. |
References
- ↑ Uma is another name for Brahmavidya.
- ↑ . Falling from the celestial regions, the river Ganga was held by Mahadeva on his head, among his matted locks. At the earnest solicitations of King Bhagiratha he gave her out so that flowing along the surface of the Earth she met the ocean, first passing over the spot where the ashes of Bhagiratha's ancestors, the sixty thousand sons of king Sagara of the solar race, lay.
- ↑ This form is called Hara-Gauri, as explained before.
- ↑ Some texts read Pritatma, implying one of contented soul. The reading noticed by the commentator is Pitatma, meaning gold-complexioned. The Burdwan translator takes Pritatma as one name. This is not correct.
- ↑ Mahadeva is represented as possessed of five heads, four on four sides and one above.
- ↑ Amritogovrisherwarah is one name.
- ↑ These are names for different portions of time.