शस्त्रैरस्त्रान्वितैरेवमनिर्भिन्नत्वचं हर: । विस्मयं परमापन्नो दध्यौ पशुपतिश्चिरम् ॥ २३ ॥
sastrair astranvitair evam anirbhinna-tvacam harah vismayam param apanno dadhyau pasupatis ciram
- sastraih
- with weapons
- astra-anvitaih
- with hymns (mantras)
- evam
- thus
- anirbhinna
- not being cut
- tvacam
- the skin
- harah
- Virabhadra
- vismayam
- bewilderment
- param
- greatest
- apannah
- was struck with
- dadhyau
- thought
- pasupatih
- Virabhadra
- ciram
- for a long time.
He tried to cut the head of Daksa with hymns as well as weapons, but still it was hard to cut even the surface of the skin of Daksa’s head. Thus Virabhadra was exceedingly bewildered.