एतस्यां साध्वि सन्ध्यायां भगवान् भूतभावन: । परीतो भूतपर्षद्भिर्वृषेणाटति भूतराट् ॥ २४ ॥
etasyam sadhvi sandhyayam bhagavan bhuta-bhavanah parito bhuta-parsadbhir vrsenatati bhutarat
- etasyam
- in this period
- sadhvi
- O chaste one
- sandhyayam
- at the junction of day and night (evening)
- bhagavan
- the Personality of God
- bhuta-bhavanah
- the well-wisher of the ghostly characters
- paritah
- surrounded by
- bhuta-parsadbhih
- by ghostly companions
- vrsena
- on the back of the bull carrier
- atati
- travels
- bhuta-rat
- the king of the ghosts.
Lord Siva, the king of the ghosts, sitting on the back of his bull carrier, travels at this time, accompanied by ghosts who follow him for their welfare.