Shloka 1
Adhyaya 44: Nandikesvara’s Manifestation and Abhisheka; The Rule of Namaskara in Shiva-Nama
Devanagari script
इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे नन्दिकेश्वरप्रादुर्भावनन्दिकेश्वराभिषेकमन्त्रो नाम त्रिचत्वारिंशो ऽध्यायः शैलादिरुवाच स्मरणादेव रुद्रस्य सम्प्राप्ताश् च गणेश्वराः सर्वे सहस्रहस्ताश् च सहस्रायुधपाणयः
Transliteration
iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge nandikeśvaraprādurbhāvanandikeśvarābhiṣekamantro nāma tricatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ śailādiruvāca smaraṇādeva rudrasya samprāptāś ca gaṇeśvarāḥ sarve sahasrahastāś ca sahasrāyudhapāṇayaḥ
Translation
इस प्रकार श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराण के पूर्वभाग में ‘नन्दिकेश्वर-प्रादुर्भाव तथा नन्दिकेश्वर-अभिषेक-मन्त्र’ नामक चवालीसवाँ अध्याय है। शैलादि बोले—रुद्र का केवल स्मरण होते ही सब गणेश्वर आ पहुँचे; सबके सहस्र हाथ थे और हाथों में सहस्र आयुध थे।
Word by Word
itithus
iti:
śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇein the auspicious Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa
śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇe:
pūrva-bhāgein the former section
pūrva-bhāge:
nandikeśvara-prādurbhāvamanifestation/appearance of Nandikeśvara
nandikeśvara-prādurbhāva:
nandikeśvara-abhiṣeka-mantraḥthe consecration (abhiṣeka) mantra of Nandikeśvara
nandikeśvara-abhiṣeka-mantraḥ:
nāmanamed
nāma:
tricatvāriṃśaḥ adhyāyaḥforty-fourth chapter
tricatvāriṃśaḥ adhyāyaḥ:
śailādiḥ uvācaŚailādi said
śailādiḥ uvāca:
smaraṇāt evafrom remembrance alone
smaraṇāt eva:
rudrasyaof Rudra (Śiva as Pati)
rudrasya:
samprāptāḥarrived/assembled
samprāptāḥ:
caand
ca:
gaṇeśvarāḥlords of the gaṇas (Śiva’s hosts)
gaṇeśvarāḥ:
sarveall
sarve:
sahasra-hastāḥthousand-handed
sahasra-hastāḥ:
caand
ca:
sahasra-āyudha-pāṇayaḥwhose hands hold a thousand weapons
sahasra-āyudha-pāṇayaḥ:
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