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सनत्कुमार उवाच ॥ ईदृग्विधं महादिव्यं नानाश्चर्यमयं रथम् ॥ संनह्य निगमानश्वांस्तं ब्रह्मा प्रार्पयच्छिवम् ॥ १ ॥
Sanatkumāra said: Brahmā handed over that divine chariot of various wonderful features to Śiva after yoking the Vedas as the horses.
english translation
शंभवेऽसौ निवेद्याधिरोपयामास शूलिनम् ॥ बहुशः प्रार्थ्य देवेशं विष्ण्वादिसुरसमतम् ॥ २ ॥
After dedicating the same to Śiva, he requested Śiva the lord of the gods, approved by Viṣṇu and other gods to mount the chariot.
english translation
ततस्तस्मिन्रथे दिव्ये रथप्राकारसंयुते ॥ सर्वदेवमयः शंभुरारुरोह महाप्रभुः ॥ ३ ॥
The great lord Śiva identifying himself with all the gods got into that chariot that had various scaffoldings attached to it.
english translation
ऋषिभिः स्तूयमानश्च देवगंधर्वपन्नगैः ॥ विष्णुना ब्रह्मणा चापि लोकपालैर्बभूव ह ॥४॥
He was then eulogised by the gods, Gandharvas, serpents, sages, Viṣṇu, Brahmā and the guardians of the quarters.
english translation
उपावृतश्चाप्सरसां गणैर्गीतविशारदः ॥ शुशुभे वरदश्शम्भुस्स तं प्रेक्ष्य च सारथिम् ॥ ५ ॥
Śiva, the granter of boons, surrounded by the groups of damsels, experts in music, shone well.
english translation