Shloka 13

नन्दिकेश्वरोत्पत्तिः — Nandikesvara’s Origin, Shiva’s Boons, and the Rise of Sacred Rivers

Devanagari script

निपेतुर्विह्वलात्यर्थं रक्षाश्चक्रुश् च मङ्गलम् तुष्टुवुश् च महादेवं त्रियंबकमुमापतिम्

Transliteration

nipeturvihvalātyarthaṃ rakṣāścakruś ca maṅgalam tuṣṭuvuś ca mahādevaṃ triyaṃbakamumāpatim

Translation

Über alle Maßen überwältigt fielen sie nieder; sie vollzogen Schutzriten und glückverheißende Observanzen und priesen Mahādeva—Tryambaka, den Herrn Umās—Pati, den Souverän, der den paśu von den Fesseln des pāśa befreit.

Word by Word

• निपेतुः: they fell down/prostrated

• विह्वल: distressed/overwhelmed

• अत्यर्थम्: exceedingly/utterly

• रक्षाः: protections/warding rites

• चक्रुः: they did/performed

• च: and

• मङ्गलम्: auspicious rite/benediction

• तुष्टुवुः: they praised/eulogized

• च: and

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva (the Great God, Śiva)

• त्र्यम्बकम्: Tryambaka (three-eyed Lord)

• उमापतिम्: Umāpati (consort/lord of Umā, Śiva-Śakti unity)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)