Shloka 3

Śiva-darśana through Tapas and Stuti (उपमन्यु–कृष्ण संवादः)

Devanagari script

एवमस्त्विति तद्वाक्यं मयोक्त: प्राह शड्कर: । ततो मां जगतो माता धारिणी सर्वपावनी,मेरे इस प्रकार कहनेपर भगवान्‌ शंकरने कहा, “एवमस्तु--ऐसा ही हो।” तब सबका धारण-पोषण करनेवाली सर्वपावनी तपोनिधि रुद्रपत्नी जगदम्बा उमादेवी एकाग्रचित्त होकर बोलीं--“निष्पाप श्यामसुन्दर! भगवानने तुम्हें साम्ब नामक पुत्र दिया है

Transliteration

evam astv iti tad-vākyaṁ mayoktaḥ prāha śaṅkaraḥ | tato māṁ jagato mātā dhāriṇī sarva-pāvanī …

Translation

When I had spoken those words, Śaṅkara replied, “So be it.” Then the Mother of the world—she who sustains all beings and purifies all—(Umā, the consort of Rudra) spoke with a focused mind: “O sinless one, the Blessed Lord has granted you a son named Sāmba.”

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'evam astu', 'definition': '“Let it be so”

• an expression of assent/confirmation'}, {'term': 'iti', 'definition': 'thus

• marking the end of quoted speech'}, {'term': 'tad-vākya', 'definition': 'that statement/that speech'}, {'term': 'mayā uktaḥ (mayoktaḥ)', 'definition': 'spoken by me'}, {'term': 'prāha', 'definition': 'said

• spoke'}, {'term': 'śaṅkaraḥ', 'definition': 'Śaṅkara (Śiva), the auspicious one'}, {'term': 'tataḥ', 'definition': 'then

• thereafter'}, {'term': 'jagato mātā', 'definition': 'Mother of the world (a title of Umā/Pārvatī)'}, {'term': 'dhāriṇī', 'definition': 'the sustainer/supporter (feminine)'}, {'term': 'sarva-pāvanī', 'definition': 'all-purifying

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīkṛṣṇa
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Jagadambā Umādevī (Pārvatī)
• Rudra
• Sāmba