Shloka 3

Mahādeva’s Boon: Unwavering Bhakti, Tri-functional Cosmos, and the Supratiṣṭhā of Liṅga-Arcā

Devanagari script

वामे पार्श्वे च मे विष्णुर् विश्वात्मा हृदयोद्भवः प्रीतो ऽहं युवयोः सम्यग् वरं दद्मि यथेप्सितम्

Transliteration

vāme pārśve ca me viṣṇur viśvātmā hṛdayodbhavaḥ prīto 'haṃ yuvayoḥ samyag varaṃ dadmi yathepsitam

Translation

„Zu Meiner Linken weilt Vishnu—das universale Selbst, aus dem Herzen hervorgegangen. Vollkommen erfreut über euch beide gewähre Ich euch die Gabe, die ihr begehrt.“

Word by Word

• वामे: on the left

• पार्श्वे: side/flank

• च: and

• मे: of me/My

• विष्णुः: Vishnu

• विश्वात्मा: the Universal Self (indwelling spirit of all)

• हृदय-उद्भवः: born/arisen from the Heart (inner essence)

• प्रीतः: pleased

• अहम्: I

• युवयोः: of you two

• सम्यक्: completely/properly

• वरम्: boon

• दद्मि: I give

• यथा-ईप्सितम्: as desired/according to your wish

Speaker

Shiva