श्रीराजोवाच बाणस्य तनयामूषामुपयेमे यदूत्तम: । तत्र युद्धमभूद् घोरं हरिशङ्करयोर्महत् । एतत् सर्वं महायोगिन् समाख्यातुं त्वमर्हसि ॥ १ ॥
śrī-rājovāca bāṇasya tanayām ūṣām upayeme yadūttamaḥ tatra yuddham abhūd ghoraṁ hari-śaṅkarayor mahat etat sarvaṁ mahā-yogin samākhyātuṁ tvam arhasi
- śrī-rājā uvāca
- the King (Parīkṣit Mahārāja) said
- bāṇasya
- of the demon Bāṇa
- tanayām
- the daughter
- ūṣām
- named Ūṣā
- upayeme
- married
- yadu-uttamaḥ
- the best of the Yadus (Aniruddha)
- tatra
- in connection with that
- yuddham
- a battle
- abhūt
- occurred
- ghoram
- fearsome
- hari-śaṅkarayoḥ
- between Lord Hari (Kṛṣṇa) and Lord Śaṅkara (Śiva)
- mahat
- great
- etat
- this
- sarvam
- all
- mahā-yogin
- O great mystic
- samākhyātum
- to explain
- tvam
- you
- arhasi
- deserve
King Parīkṣit said: The best of the Yadus married Bāṇāsura’s daughter, Ūṣā, and as a result a great, fearsome battle occurred between Lord Hari and Lord Śaṅkara. Please explain everything about this incident, O most powerful of mystics.