Shloka 23

ईशानकल्पवृत्तान्तः तथा लैङ्गपुराणस्य संक्षेप-सूची

Devanagari script

शापः सत्या कृतो देवान्पुरा विष्णुं च पालितम् शुक्रोत्सर्गस्तु रुद्रस्य गाङ्गेयोद्भव एव च

Transliteration

śāpaḥ satyā kṛto devānpurā viṣṇuṃ ca pālitam śukrotsargastu rudrasya gāṅgeyodbhava eva ca

Translation

Autrefois, Satyā prononça une malédiction contre les dieux, et Viṣṇu lui-même en fut contenu. Quant à Rudra, il y eut l’émission de sa semence, d’où surgit, en vérité, celui qui naquit du Gaṅgā.

Word by Word

• śāpaḥ: curse

• satyā: (the goddess/person) Satyā

• kṛtaḥ: was made/pronounced

• devān: the gods

• purā: formerly

• viṣṇum: Viṣṇu

• ca: and

• pālitam: held in check/restrained/controlled

• śukra-utsargaḥ: emission of seed

• tu: indeed/but

• rudrasya: of Rudra (Śiva)

• gāṅgeya-udbhavaḥ: born from the Gaṅgā (Gaṅgā-born)

• eva: certainly/indeed

• ca: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami