Shloka 1
Upamanyu’s Tapas, Shiva’s Indra-Form Test, and the Bestowal of Kshiroda and Gaṇapatya
Devanagari script
इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे शिवताण्डवकथनं नाम षडधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ऋषय ऊचुः पुरोपमन्युना सूत गाणपत्यं महेश्वरात् क्षीरार्णवः कथं लब्धो वक्तुमर्हसि सांप्रतम्
Transliteration
iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge śivatāṇḍavakathanaṃ nāma ṣaḍadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ ṛṣaya ūcuḥ puropamanyunā sūta gāṇapatyaṃ maheśvarāt kṣīrārṇavaḥ kathaṃ labdho vaktumarhasi sāṃpratam
Translation
इस प्रकार श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराण के पूर्वभाग में ‘शिव-ताण्डव-कथन’ नामक एक-सौ-सातवाँ अध्याय। ऋषियों ने कहा—हे सूत! पूर्वकाल में उपमन्यु द्वारा महेश्वर से ‘गाणपत्य’ पद कैसे प्राप्त हुआ? कृपा कर अब हमें बताइए।
Word by Word
itithus
iti:
śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇein the Śrī Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa
śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇe:
pūrva-bhāgein the first section (Pūrva-bhāga)
pūrva-bhāge:
śiva-tāṇḍava-kathanamthe narration of Śiva’s tāṇḍava (cosmic dance)
śiva-tāṇḍava-kathanam:
nāmanamed/called
nāma:
ṣaḍ-adhika-śatatamaḥ adhyāyaḥthe 107th chapter
ṣaḍ-adhika-śatatamaḥ adhyāyaḥ:
ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥthe sages said
ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥ:
puraḥformerly/previously
puraḥ:
upamanyunāby/through (the sage) Upamanyu (contextual reference)
upamanyunā:
sūtaO Sūta
sūta:
gāṇapatyamthe state/office of being a gaṇa-leader (gaṇapati-hood)
gāṇapatyam:
maheśvarātfrom Maheśvara (Śiva)
maheśvarāt:
kṣīrārṇavaḥKṣīra-arṇava, the Ocean of Milk
kṣīrārṇavaḥ:
kathamhow
katham:
labdhaḥobtained
labdhaḥ:
vaktum arhasiyou are fit to tell/please tell
vaktum arhasi:
sāṃpratamnow, at present
sāṃpratam:
Speaker
Sages (Ṛṣis) addressing Sūta