Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 40


Sanskrit:

य एवमव्याकृतशक्त्युदन्वत:परस्य साक्षात् परमात्मनो हरे: ।गिरित्रमोक्षं कथयेच्छृणोति वाविमुच्यते संसृतिभिस्तथारिभि: ॥ ४० ॥

ITRANS:

ya evam avyākṛta-śakty-udanvataḥparasya sākṣāt paramātmano hareḥgiritra-mokṣaṁ kathayec chṛṇoti vāvimucyate saṁsṛtibhis tathāribhiḥ

Translation:

Lord Hari is the directly manifest Absolute Truth, the Supreme Soul and unlimited ocean of inconceivable energies. Anyone who recites or hears this pastime of His saving Lord Śiva will be freed from all enemies and the repetition of birth and death.

Purport:

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī concludes this chapter with the following statement: “When Lord Keśava saw the danger confronting His devotee, His lotuslike heart became filled with sympathy. Thus He delivered Lord Śiva from the consequences of his own eloquent words.”