श्रीशुक उवाच एवमभ्यर्थितो विष्णुर्भगवान् शूलपाणिना । प्रहस्य भावगम्भीरं गिरिशं प्रत्यभाषत ॥ १४ ॥
sri-suka uvaca evam abhyarthito visnur bhagavan sula-panina prahasya bhava-gambhiram girisam pratyabhasata
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- evam
- in this way
- abhyarthitah
- being requested
- visnuh bhagavan
- Lord Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- sula-panina
- by Lord Siva, who carries a trident in his hand
- prahasya
- laughing
- bhava-gambhiram
- with serious gravity
- girisam
- unto Lord Siva
- pratyabhasata
- replied.
Sukadeva Gosvami said: When Lord Visnu was thus requested by Lord Siva, who carries a trident in his hand, He smiled with gravity and replied to Lord Siva as follows.