श्रीशुक उवाच
एवं स्तुतः सुरगणैर् भगवान्हरिरीश्वरः ।
तेषामाविरभूद्राजन् सहस्रार्कोदयद्युतिः ॥ १ ॥
sri-sukah uvaca-Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; evam-in this way; stutah-being worshiped by prayers; sura-ganaih-by the demigods; bhagavan-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; harih-the vanquisher of all inauspiciousness; isvarah-the supreme controller; tesam-in front of Lord Brahma and all the demigods; avirabhut-appeared there; rajan-O King (Pariksit); sahasra-of thousands; arka-of suns; udaya-like the rising; dyutih-His effulgence.
Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: O King Pariksit, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, being thus worshiped with prayers by the demigods and Lord Brahma, appeared before them. His bodily effulgence resembled the simultaneous rising of thousands of suns.