किं वा शिवाख्यमशिवं न विदुस्त्वदन्ये ब्रह्मादयस्तमवकीर्य जटा: श्मशाने । तन्माल्यभस्मनृकपाल्यवसत्पिशाचै- र्ये मूर्धभिर्दधति तच्चरणावसृष्टम् ॥ १६ ॥
kim va sivakhyam asivam na vidus tvad anye brahmadayas tam avakirya jatah smasane tan-malya-bhasma-nrkapaly avasat pisacair ye murdhabhir dadhati tac-caranavasrstam
- kim va
- whether
- siva-akhyam
- named Siva
- asivam
- inauspicious
- na viduh
- do not know
- tvat anye
- other than you
- brahma-adayah
- Brahma and others
- tam
- him (Lord Siva)
- avakirya
- scattered
- jatah
- having twisted hair
- smasane
- in the crematorium
- tat-malya-bhasma-nr-kapali
- who is garlanded with human skulls and smeared with ashes
- avasat
- associated
- pisacaih
- with demons
- ye
- who
- murdhabhih
- with the head
- dadhati
- place
- tat-carana-avasrstam
- fallen from his lotus feet
Do you think that greater, more respectable personalities than you, such as Lord Brahma, do not know this inauspicious person who goes under the name Lord Siva? He associates with the demons in the crematorium, his locks of hair are scattered all over his body, he is garlanded with human skulls and smeared with ashes from the crematorium, but in spite of all these inauspicious qualities, great personalities like Brahma honor him by accepting the flowers offered to his lotus feet and placing them with great respect on their heads.