Shloka 45

नन्दिकेश्वरावताराभिषेकविवाहवर्णनम्

Nandikeśvara: Incarnation, Consecration, and Marriage—Description

Devanagari script

रथश्च हेमहारश्च चन्द्रबिंबसमः शुभः । अन्यान्यपि च वस्तूनि लब्धानि हि मया मुने

Transliteration

rathaśca hemahāraśca candrabiṃbasamaḥ śubhaḥ | anyānyapi ca vastūni labdhāni hi mayā mune

Translation

“I obtained a chariot and a golden necklace—auspicious, radiant like the orb of the moon. And many other objects too have indeed been gained by me, O sage.”

Word by Word

• rathaḥ: a chariot
• rathaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• hema-hāraḥ: a golden necklace
• hema-hāraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hema (प्रातिपदिक) + hāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘हेमस्य हारः’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• candra-biṃba-samaḥ: equal to the moon’s disc
• candra-biṃba-samaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: candra (प्रातिपदिक) + biṃba (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘चन्द्रस्य बिम्बम्’ + उपमान-समास/तत्पुरुष: ‘चन्द्रबिम्बेन समः’

• śubhaḥ: auspicious, splendid
• śubhaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• anyāni: other
• anyāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vastūni: objects, things
• vastūni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन

• labdhāni: obtained
• labdhāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु) + ta (क्त, कृत्प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘प्राप्तानि’

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: indeed/for)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartr̥ (कर्ता/agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

A narrator/character within Suta Goswami’s narration (addressing a sage)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It highlights that auspicious, radiant worldly gains can arise, yet in Shaiva thought they remain external fruits; the deeper aim is to direct such prosperity toward devotion to Pati (Shiva) rather than becoming bound by it.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

In Linga/Saguna Shiva worship, prosperity is treated as Shiva’s prasada; the devotee receives gifts with gratitude and offers the merit back through puja, dana, and remembrance of Shiva, keeping attachment from becoming a pasha (bond).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice receiving prosperity with mantra-japa (e.g., Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and offering (naivedya/dāna) as Shiva-arpana; cultivate vairagya so gains do not eclipse bhakti.