ननर्त हर्षवेगेन ज्ञात्वा रुद्रं समागतम्
He danced with the force of joy, knowing Rudra had arrived.
दृष्ट्वापि देवमीशानं नृत्यति स्म पुनः पुनः
Even after seeing the god Ishana, he danced again and again.
स्वकं देहं विदार्यास्मै भस्मराशिमदर्शयत्
He tore open his own body and showed him a heap of ashes.
माहात्म्यमेतत् तपसस्त्वादृशो ऽन्यो ऽपि विद्यते
Such greatness of austerity as yours is found in no other.
न युक्तं तापसस्यैतत् त्वत्तोप्यत्राधिको ह्यहम्
This is not fitting for an ascetic; in this, I am indeed superior to you.
आस्थाय परमं भावं ननर्त जगतो हरः
Hara, the destroyer of the world, danced, assuming the highest state.
दंष्ट्राकरालवदनो ज्वालामाली भयङ्करः
With a face terrifying with fangs, wreathed in flames, he was fearsome.
सूर्यायुतसमप्रख्यां प्रसन्नवदनां शिवाम्
He saw the auspicious one, her face radiant as ten thousand suns, serene.
ननाम शिरसा रुद्रं रुद्राध्यायं जपन् वशी
The self-controlled one bowed his head to Rudra, reciting the Rudra hymn.
पूर्ववेषं स जग्राह देवी चान्तर्हिताभवत्
He assumed his former appearance, and the goddess became invisible.
न भेतव्यं त्वया वत्स प्राह किं ते ददाम्यहम्
"Do not be afraid, child," he said, "What shall I give you?"
विज्ञापयामास तदा हृष्टः प्रष्टुमना मुनिः
Then, delighted and wishing to ask, the sage made his request.
किमेतद् भगवद्रूपं सुघोरं विश्वतोमुखम्
"What is this divine form, so terribly fierce, facing all directions?"
अन्तर्हितेव सहसा सर्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम्
"When you vanished suddenly, I wish to know everything."
महेशः स्वात्मनो योगं देवीं च त्रिपुरानलः
Great Śiva is the yoga of his own Self, the goddess is the fire that burned Tripura.
दाहकः सर्वपापानां कालः कालकरो हरः
He is the destroyer of all sins, Time, the maker of time, and Hara.
सो ऽन्तर्यामी स पुरुषो ह्यहं वै पुरुषोत्तमः
He is the inner ruler, that Person; indeed, I am the supreme Person.
प्रोच्यते मुनिर्भिशक्तिर्जगद्योनिः सनातनी
He is called by sages the power, the eternal source of the world.
नारायणः परो ऽव्यक्तो मायारूप इति श्रुतिः
Nārāyaṇa is the supreme, unmanifest, of the form of māyā—so declares the scripture.
योजयामि प्रकृत्याहं पुरुषं पञ्चविंशकम्
I unite the twenty-fifth principle, the Puruṣa, with Prakṛti.
सृजत्यशेषमेवेदं स्वमूर्तेः प्रकृतेरजः
From the rajas of Prakṛti, in his own form, he creates all this without remainder.
तवैतत् कथितं सम्यक् स्त्रष्ट्वत्वं परमात्मनः
Thus, your question about the supreme Self as creator has been properly explained.
समास्थाय परं भावं प्रोक्तो रुद्रो मनीषिभिः
Assuming the supreme state, Rudra is declared by the wise.
दृष्टा हि भवता नूनं विद्यादेहस्त्वहं ततः
You have surely seen this, and therefore I am the one with the body of knowledge.
विष्णुर्ब्रह्मा च भगवान् रुद्रः काल इति श्रुतिः
Viṣṇu, Brahmā, the Blessed Lord, Rudra, and Time—so says the scripture.
तदात्मकं तदव्यक्तं तदक्षरमिति श्रुतिः
That is of their essence, that is unmanifest, that is imperishable—so says the scripture.
आकाशं निष्कलं ब्रह्म तस्मादन्यन्न विद्यते
Space, the partless Brahman—apart from that, nothing else exists.
संपूज्यो वन्दनीयो ऽहं ततस्तं पश्य शाश्वतम्
Therefore, I am to be worshipped and honored; thus, behold that eternal one.
तत्रैव भक्तियोगेन रुद्रामाराधयन्मुनिः
There, by the yoga of devotion, the sage worshipped Rudra.
संसेव्य ब्राह्मणो विद्वान् मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
Serving him, the learned brāhmaṇa is freed from all sins.