सूत उवाच एवं स्तुत: स भगवानादिदेव: सतां गति: । परितुष्ट: प्रसन्नात्मा प्रहसंस्तमभाषत ॥ १८ ॥
sūta uvāca evaṁ stutaḥ sa bhagavān ādi-devaḥ satāṁ gatiḥ parituṣṭaḥ prasannātmā prahasaṁs tam abhāṣata
- sūtaḥ uvāca
- Sūta Gosvāmī said
- evam
- in these words
- stutaḥ
- praised
- saḥ
- he
- bhagavān
- the powerful Lord Śiva
- ādi-devaḥ
- the foremost of demigods
- satām
- of the saintly devotees
- gatiḥ
- the shelter
- parituṣṭaḥ
- perfectly satisfied
- prasanna-ātmā
- happy in his mind
- prahasan
- smiling
- tam
- to Mārkaṇḍeya
- abhāṣata
- spoke
Sūta Gosvāmī said: Lord Śiva, the foremost demigod and the shelter of the saintly devotees, was satisfied by Mārkaṇḍeya’s praise. Pleased, he smiled and addressed the sage.