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vidyā-tapo-vrata-dharān mukhataḥ sma viprān brahmātma-tattvam avituṁ prathamaṁ tvam asrāk tad brāhmaṇān parama sarva-vipatsu pāsi pālaḥ paśūn iva vibho pragṛhīta-daṇḍaḥ

My dear great and powerful Lord Śiva, you were created first from the mouth of Lord Brahmā in order to …

The specific function of a human being in society, irrespective of his social status, is to practice control of the …

Another feature of this word is that persons who are simply attached to the ritualistic portion of the Vedas and …

yo ’sau mayāvidita-tattva-dṛśā sabhāyāṁ kṣipto durukti-viśikhair vigaṇayya tan mām arvāk patantam arhattama-nindayāpād dṛṣṭyārdrayā sa bhagavān sva-kṛtena tuṣyet

I did not know your full glories. For this reason, I threw arrows of sharp words at you in the …

As usual, a devotee in an adverse condition of life accepts such a condition to be the mercy of the …

maitreya uvāca kṣamāpyaivaṁ sa mīḍhvāṁsaṁ brahmaṇā cānumantritaḥ karma santānayām āsa sopādhyāyartvig-ādibhiḥ

The great sage Maitreya said: Thus being pardoned by Lord Śiva, King Dakṣa, with the permission of Lord Brahmā, again …

vaiṣṇavaṁ yajña-santatyai tri-kapālaṁ dvijottamāḥ puroḍāśaṁ niravapan vīra-saṁsarga-śuddhaye

Thereafter, in order to resume the activities of sacrifice, the brāhmaṇas first arranged to purify the sacrificial arena of the …

Lord Śiva’s followers and devotees, headed by Vīrabhadra, are known as vīras, and they are ghostly demons. Not only did …

adhvaryuṇātta-haviṣā yajamāno viśāmpate dhiyā viśuddhayā dadhyau tathā prādurabhūd dhariḥ

The great sage Maitreya said to Vidura: My dear Vidura, as soon as King Dakṣa offered the clarified butter with …

Lord Viṣṇu is all-pervading. Any devotee who, in sanctified meditation, following the regulative principles, chants the required mantras in service …

tadā sva-prabhayā teṣāṁ dyotayantyā diśo daśa muṣṇaṁs teja upānītas tārkṣyeṇa stotra-vājinā

Lord Nārāyaṇa was seated on the shoulder of Stotra, or Garuḍa, who had big wings. As soon as the Lord …

A description of Nārāyaṇa is given in the following two ślokas.

śyāmo hiraṇya-raśano ’rka-kirīṭa-juṣṭo nīlālaka-bhramara-maṇḍita-kuṇḍalāsyaḥ śaṅkhābja-cakra-śara-cāpa-gadāsi-carma- vyagrair hiraṇmaya-bhujair iva karṇikāraḥ

His complexion was blackish, His garment yellow like gold, and His helmet as dazzling as the sun. His hair was …