Shloka 30

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

Devanagari script

आबबन्ध महातेजा मम देवो वृषध्वजः तयाहं मालया जातः शुभया कण्ठसक्तया

Transliteration

ābabandha mahātejā mama devo vṛṣadhvajaḥ tayāhaṃ mālayā jātaḥ śubhayā kaṇṭhasaktayā

Translation

Mein Herr, groß an Glanz, Vṛṣadhvaja — der den Stier auf seinem Banner trägt — band sie an. Durch jenen glückverheißenden Kranz, an seinem Hals befestigt, wurde ich zum heiligen Zeichen und Segen.

Word by Word

• आबबन्ध: bound on, fastened

• महातेजा: of great radiance

• मम: my

• देवः: Lord, deity

• वृषध्वजः: he whose banner bears the bull (Shiva)

• तया: by that

• अहम्: I

• मालया: by the garland

• जातः: arose, came into being

• शुभया: auspicious, holy

• कण्ठसक्तया: attached to the neck, resting on the throat

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana; internal voice of a sacred emblem implied by 'aham')