Shloka 39

Adhyaya 44: Nandikesvara’s Manifestation and Abhisheka; The Rule of Namaskara in Shiva-Nama

Devanagari script

उद्वाहश् च कृतस्तत्र नियोगात्परमेष्ठिनः मरुतां च सुता देवी सुयशाख्या बभूव या

Transliteration

udvāhaś ca kṛtastatra niyogātparameṣṭhinaḥ marutāṃ ca sutā devī suyaśākhyā babhūva yā

Translation

वहाँ परमेष्ठी (ब्रह्मा) की आज्ञा से विवाह-संस्कार सम्पन्न हुआ। और मरुतों से एक देवी-कन्या उत्पन्न हुई, जो ‘सुयशा’ नाम से प्रसिद्ध हुई।

Word by Word

• उद्वाहः: marriage/bridal rite

• च: and

• कृतः: was performed

• तत्र: there/in that context

• नियोगात्: by the injunction/command

• परमेष्ठिनः: of Parameṣṭhin (Brahmā, the supreme ruler among created beings)

• मरुताम्: of the Maruts (storm-deities)

• च: and

• सुता: daughter/offspring

• देवी: goddess/divine lady

• सुयशा-आख्या: named ‘Suyāśā’/having the appellation Suyāśā

• बभूव: came to be/was born

• या: who.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)