अष्टमूर्तिपूजाThe worship of the eight forms
Verse 78
शर्वः क्षितिः समुद्दिष्टा भवो जलमुदाहृता । रुद्रोऽग्निरुग्रो वायुः स्याद् भीम आकाशशब्दितः ॥ ७८ ॥
śarvaḥ kṣitiḥ samuddiṣṭā bhavō jalamudāhṛtā | rudrō’gnirugrō vāyuḥ syād bhīma ākāśaśabditaḥ || 78 ||
Translation
Śarva is declared to be earth, Bhava is called water; Rudra is fire, Ugra is wind, and Bhīma is named space;
Word by word
- śarvaḥ
- Śarva
- kṣitiḥ
- earth
- samuddiṣṭā
- is declared
- bhavō
- (bhavaḥ) Bhava
- jalam
- water
- udāhṛtā
- is called
- rudrō
- (rudraḥ) Rudra
- agnir
- (agniḥ) fire
- ugrō
- (ugraḥ) Ugra
- vāyuḥ
- wind
- syād
- (syāt) is
- bhīma
- (bhīmaḥ) Bhīma
- ākāśa
- space
- śabditaḥ
- is named
Meaning
The eight forms (aṣṭa-mūrti) are an old teaching: the visible world is itself the body of Śiva. Each name stands for one element or one part of the world, and the commentary presents this as the list of what is to be worshipped.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He tells the eight forms of Mahādeva that are to be worshipped, in two verses beginning "śarvaḥ kṣitiḥ" (verses 78 and 79).