संवत्सरान्ते भगवानाशुतोष उमापति: । वरेणच्छन्दयामास शाल्वं शरणमागतम् ॥ ५ ॥
saṁvatsarānte bhagavān āśu-toṣa umā-patiḥ vareṇa cchandayām āsa śālvaṁ śaraṇam āgatam
- saṁvatsara
- of a year
- ante
- at the end
- bhagavān
- the great lord
- āśu-toṣaḥ
- he who is quickly pleased
- umā-patiḥ
- the master of Umā
- vareṇa
- with a benediction
- chandayām āsa
- had him choose
- śālvam
- Śālva
- śaraṇam
- for shelter
- āgatam
- approached
The great Lord Umāpati is known as “he who is quickly pleased,” yet only at the end of a year did he gratify Śālva, who had approached him for shelter, by offering him a choice of benedictions.