Shloka 48

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

Devanagari script

यः पञ्चनदमासाद्य स्नात्वा जप्येश्वरेश्वरम् पूजयेच्छिवसायुज्यं प्रयात्येव न संशयः

Transliteration

yaḥ pañcanadamāsādya snātvā japyeśvareśvaram pūjayecchivasāyujyaṃ prayātyeva na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

जो पञ्चनद में पहुँचकर वहाँ स्नान करे, ईश्वरेश्वर का जप करे और भक्तिभाव से शिव की पूजा करे—वह निश्चय ही शिवसायुज्य को प्राप्त होकर पति शिव में एकत्व पाता है; इसमें संदेह नहीं।

Word by Word

• यः (yaḥ): whoever

• पञ्चनदम् (pañcanadam): the sacred confluence/region called Pañcanada (five rivers)

• आसाद्य (āsādya): having reached

• स्नात्वा (snātvā): having bathed

• जप्य (japya): to be repeated in japa / having performed japa

• ईश्वरेश्वरम् (īśvareśvaram): the Lord of lords, Supreme Īśvara (Śiva)

• पूजयेत् (pūjayet): should worship

• शिवसायुज्यम् (śiva-sāyujyam): union/identity with Śiva (sāyujya-mukti)

• प्रयाति एव (prayāti eva): certainly attains/goes to

• न संशयः (na saṃśayaḥ): no doubt.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)