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A couch of divine powers

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ŚLOKA 92

gatāste mañcatvaṃ druhiṇaharirudreśvarabhṛtaḥ

gatāste mañcatvaṃ druhiṇaharirudreśvarabhṛtaḥ
śivaḥ svacchacchāyāghaṭitakapaṭapracchadapaṭaḥ ;
tvadīyānāṃ bhāsāṃ pratiphalanarāgāruṇatayā
śarīrī śṛṅgāro rasa iva dṛśāṃ dogdhi kutukam . 92 .
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Selected phrases and English meanings for Śloka 92
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have become your couch

those bearing the forms of Brahmā, Hari, Rudra, and Īśvara

Śiva, of transparent radiance

assuming the guise of its covering cloth

of your rays

reddened by their reflected colour

like the sentiment of love embodied

he draws forth delight in the eyes

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A first understanding.

Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra, and Īśvara become the supports of Her couch. Śiva, clear like its covering, reflects Her red radiance as though embodied love itself.

CONDENSED EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE

How the verse unfolds.

The divine powers become the couch's supports, giving the intimate dwelling a cosmic foundation. Śiva is then described as its clear covering, capable of receiving and reflecting her red light.

That reflected colour makes him appear as embodied love and draws delight from the beholder. Support, transparency and reflection supply different relations within one scene. The description lets the pair's relationship appear through qualities rather than only through direct theological statements.

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A question to carry.

How does the image of reflection express a relationship differently from the image of support?

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Śiva and Śakti

Śiva's reflected redness makes the relation between the two visible as embodied love.

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