तस्यासौ पदवीं रुद्रो विष्णोरद्भुतकर्मण: । प्रत्यपद्यत कामेन वैरिणेव विनिर्जित: ॥ ३१ ॥
tasyasau padavim rudro visnor adbhuta-karmanah pratyapadyata kamena vairineva vinirjitah
- tasya
- of He who is the Supreme Lord
- asau
- Lord Siva
- padavim
- the place
- rudrah
- Lord Siva
- visnoh
- of Lord Visnu
- adbhuta-karmanah
- of He who acts very wonderfully
- pratyapadyata
- began to follow
- kamena
- by lusty desire
- vairina iva
- as if by an enemy
- vinirjitah
- being harassed.
As if harassed by an enemy in the form of lusty desires, Lord Siva followed the path of Lord Visnu, who acts very wonderfully and who had taken the form of Mohini.