iti - thus; ādiṣṭaḥ - being ordered; sva-guruṇā - by his own spiritual master; bhagavān - the most powerful; nīla-lohitaḥ - Rudra, whose color is mixed blue and red; sattva - power; ākṛti - bodily features; svabhāvena - and with a very furious mode of nature; sasarja - created; ātma-samāḥ - like his own prototype; prajāḥ - generations.

The most powerful Rudra, whose bodily color was blue mixed with red, created many offspring exactly resembling him in features, strength and furious nature.