Shloka 37

नन्दिकेश्वरोत्पत्तिः — Nandikesvara’s Origin, Shiva’s Boons, and the Rise of Sacred Rivers

Devanagari script

पुत्रस्ते ऽयमिति प्रोच्य पादयोः संन्यपातयत् सा मामाघ्राय शिरसि पाणिभ्यां परिमार्जती

Transliteration

putraste 'yamiti procya pādayoḥ saṃnyapātayat sā māmāghrāya śirasi pāṇibhyāṃ parimārjatī

Translation

“यह तुम्हारा पुत्र है” ऐसा कहकर उसने मुझे उसके चरणों में गिरा दिया। उसने मेरे सिर को सूँघकर दोनों हाथों से स्नेहपूर्वक सहलाया।

Word by Word

• पुत्रः: son

• ते: your

• अयम्: this (one)

• इति: thus

• प्रोच्य: having said

• पादयोः: at the feet (dual)

• संन्यपातयत्: caused (me) to fall/prostrate

• सा: she

• माम्: me

• आघ्राय: having smelled/sniffed (as a sign of affection)

• शिरसि: on the head

• पाणिभ्याम्: with both hands

• परिमार्जती: stroking/caressing, wiping lovingly

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages; internal scene narration)