Shloka 4636

अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)

Devanagari script

प्रजार्थ वरयामास नीललोहितसंज्ञितम्‌ | पूर्वकालमें प्रजापतिने नाना प्रकारके स्तोत्रोंद्वारा इन्हीं नीललोहित नामवाले भगवान्‌की आराधना करके प्रजाकी सृष्टिके लिये वर प्राप्त किया था

Transliteration

prajārthaṃ varayāmāsa nīlalohitasaṃjñitam | pūrvakāle prajāpatiḥ nānāprakārakaiḥ stotraiḥ etam eva nīlalohitanāmānaṃ bhagavantaṃ samārādhya prajā-sṛṣṭaye varaṃ prāptavān iti |

Translation

Vāyu said: “For the sake of creating beings, Prajāpati once sought a boon from the Lord known as Nīlalohita. In ancient times, having worshipped Him with hymns of many kinds, Prajāpati obtained from that very Nīlalohita the boon needed for the creation of progeny.”

Word by Word

• प्रजार्थम्: for the sake of progeny/creation
• प्रजार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा + अर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वरयामास: chose/selected (as a boon/choice)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वरणे)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• नीललोहितसंज्ञितम्: designated/named ‘Nīlalohita’
• नीललोहितसंज्ञितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नील + लोहित + संज्ञित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva (Vāyu)
• Prajāpati
• Nīlalohita (Bhagavān; epithet of Rudra/Śiva)