आत्मन्यपि शिवं प्राप्तं तडित्पिङ्गजटाधरम् । त्र्यक्षं दशभुजं प्रांशुमुद्यन्तमिव भास्करम् ॥ ११ ॥ व्याघ्रचर्माम्बरं शूलधनुरिष्वसिचर्मभि: । अक्षमालाडमरुककपालं परशुं सह ॥ १२ ॥ बिभ्राणं सहसा भातं विचक्ष्य हृदि विस्मित: । किमिदं कुत एवेति समाधेर्विरतो मुनि: ॥ १३ ॥
ātmany api śivaṁ prāptaṁ taḍit-piṅga-jaṭā-dharam try-akṣaṁ daśa-bhujaṁ prāṁśum udyantam iva bhāskaram vyāghra-carmāmbaraṁ śūla- dhanur-iṣv-asi-carmabhiḥ akṣa-mālā-ḍamaruka- kapālaṁ paraśuṁ saha bibhrāṇaṁ sahasā bhātaṁ vicakṣya hṛdi vismitaḥ kim idaṁ kuta eveti samādher virato muniḥ
- ātmani
- within himself
- api
- also
- śivam
- Lord Śiva
- prāptam
- arrived
- taḍit
- like lightning
- piṅga
- yellowish
- jaṭā
- locks of hair
- dharam
- carrying
- tri-akṣam
- with three eyes
- daśa-bhujam
- and ten arms
- prāṁśum
- very tall
- udyantam
- rising
- iva
- as
- bhāskaram
- the sun
- vyāghra
- of a tiger
- carma
- the fur
- ambaram
- as his garment
- śūla
- with his trident
- dhanuḥ
- bow
- iṣu
- arrows
- asi
- sword
- carmabhiḥ
- and shield
- akṣa-mālā
- his prayer beads
- ḍamaruka
- small drum
- kapālam
- and skull
- paraśum
- ax
- saha
- together with
- bibhrāṇam
- exhibiting
- sahasā
- suddenly
- bhātam
- manifest
- vicakṣya
- seeing
- hṛdi
- in his heart
- vismitaḥ
- surprised
- kim
- what
- idam
- this
- kutaḥ
- from where
- eva
- indeed
- iti
- thus
- samādheḥ
- from his trance
- virataḥ
- desisted
- muniḥ
- the sage
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya saw Lord Śiva suddenly appear within his heart. Lord Śiva’s golden hair resembled lightning, and he had three eyes, ten arms and a tall body that shone like the rising sun. He wore a tiger skin, and he carried a trident, a bow, arrows, a sword and a shield, along with prayer beads, a ḍamaru drum, a skull and an ax. Astonished, the sage came out of his trance and thought, “Who is this, and where has he come from?”