श्रीशुक उवाच तस्यासन् विश्वरूपस्य शिरांसि त्रीणि भारत । सोमपीथं सुरापीथमन्नादमिति शुश्रुम ॥ १ ॥
sri-suka uvaca tasyasan visvarupasya siramsi trini bharata soma-pitham sura-pitham annadam iti susruma
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- tasya
- of him
- asan
- there were
- visvarupasya
- of Visvarupa, the priest of the demigods
- siramsi
- heads
- trini
- three
- bharata
- O Maharaja Pariksit
- soma-pitham
- used for drinking the beverage soma
- sura-pitham
- used for drinking wine
- anna-adam
- used for eating
- iti
- thus
- susruma
- I have heard by the parampara system.
Sri Sukadeva Gosvami continued: Visvarupa, who was engaged as the priest of the demigods, had three heads. He used one to drink the beverage soma-rasa, another to drink wine and the third to eat food. O King Pariksit, thus I have heard from authorities.