रुद्रगीतं भगवत: स्तोत्रं सर्वे प्रचेतस: । जपन्तस्ते तपस्तेपुर्वर्षाणामयुतं जले ॥ २ ॥
rudra-gitam bhagavatah stotram sarve pracetasah japantas te tapas tepur varsanam ayutam jale
- rudra-gitam
- the song sung by Lord Siva
- bhagavatah
- of the Lord
- stotram
- prayer
- sarve
- all
- pracetasah
- the princes known as the Pracetas
- japantah
- reciting
- te
- all of them
- tapah
- austerity
- tepuh
- executed
- varsanam
- of years
- ayutam
- ten thousand
- jale
- within the water.
All the Praceta princes simply stood in the water for ten thousand years and recited the prayers given to them by Lord Siva.