Shloka 120

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

ववन्दिरे नन्दिनमिन्दुभूषणं ववन्दिरे पर्वतराजसंभवाम् ववन्दिरे चाद्रिसुतासुतं प्रभुं ववन्दिरे देवगणा महेश्वरम्

Transliteration

vavandire nandinamindubhūṣaṇaṃ vavandire parvatarājasaṃbhavām vavandire cādrisutāsutaṃ prabhuṃ vavandire devagaṇā maheśvaram

Translation

Les cohortes divines se prosternèrent devant Nandin; elles se prosternèrent devant le Seigneur au croissant de lune. Elles se prosternèrent devant Pārvatī, fille du Roi des Montagnes. Et elles se prosternèrent devant le puissant Seigneur, Skanda, fils de la Fille de la Montagne. Ainsi les dieux rendirent hommage à Maheśvara.

Word by Word

• ववन्दिरे: they bowed / paid homage

• नन्दिनम्: Nandin (Śiva’s chief attendant)

• इन्दुभूषणम्: the Moon-adorned One (Śiva)

• पर्वतराजसम्भवाम्: the one born of the Mountain-King (Pārvatī)

• च: and

• अद्रिसुतासुतम्: the son of the mountain-daughter (Skanda/Kārttikeya)

• प्रभुम्: the Lord, the powerful master

• देवगणाः: the hosts of gods / divine retinues

• महेश्वरम्: Maheśvara (the Great Lord, Śiva)

Speaker

Suta Goswami