प्रीतोऽविमुक्ते भगवांस्तस्मै वरमदाद् विभु: । पितृहन्तृवधोपायं स वव्रे वरमीप्सितम् ॥ २९ ॥
prīto ’vimukte bhagavāṁs tasmai varam adād vibhuḥ pitṛ-hantṛ-vadhopāyaṁ sa vavre varam īpsitam
- prītaḥ
- satisfied
- avimukte
- at Avimukta, an especially holy area within the district of Kāśī
- bhagavān
- Lord Śiva
- tasmai
- to him
- varam
- a choice of benedictions
- adāt
- gave
- vibhuḥ
- the powerful demigod
- pitṛ
- of his father
- hantṛ
- the killer
- vadha
- to slay
- upāyam
- the means
- saḥ
- he
- vavre
- chose
- varam
- as his benediction
- īpsitam
- desired
Satisfied by the worship, the powerful Lord Śiva appeared in the sacred precinct of Avimukta and offered Sudakṣiṇa his choice of benedictions. The prince chose as his benediction a means to slay his father’s killer.