स तद्वरपरीक्षार्थं शम्भोर्मूर्ध्नि किलासुर: । स्वहस्तं धातुमारेभे सोऽबिभ्यत् स्वकृताच्छिव: ॥ २३ ॥
sa tad-vara-parīkṣārthaṁ śambhor mūrdhni kilāsuraḥ sva-hastaṁ dhātum ārebhe so ’bibhyat sva-kṛtāc chivaḥ
- saḥ
- he
- tat
- his (Lord Śiva’s)
- vara
- the benediction
- parīkṣā-artham
- in order to test
- śambhoḥ
- of Lord Śiva
- mūrdhni
- on the head
- kila
- indeed
- asuraḥ
- the demon
- sva
- his own
- hastam
- hand
- dhātum
- to put
- ārebhe
- he tried
- saḥ
- he
- abibhyat
- became afraid
- sva
- by himself
- kṛtāt
- because of what had been done
- śivaḥ
- Lord Śiva
To test Lord Śambhu’s benediction, the demon then tried to put his hand on the Lord’s head. Thus Śiva was frightened because of what he himself had done.