The Glory of Gokarṇeśvara: Nandin’s Austerities and Śiva’s Boons
मद्रूपधारी मत्तेजास्त्र्यक्षः सर्वगुणोत्तमः ॥ भविष्यसि न सन्देहो देवदानवपूजितः ॥
madrūpadhārī mattejās tryakṣaḥ sarvaguṇottamaḥ || bhaviṣyasi na sandeho devadānavapūjitaḥ ||
तुम मेरा रूप ले लो, मेरी ताकत के साथ। तुम तीन आँखों वाले बनोगे, हर गुण में सबसे बड़े। इसमें कोई शक नहीं, तुम ऐसे ही हो जाओगे। देवता और दानव दोनों तुम्हारी पूजा करेंगे।
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic literary motif: the conferral of status through a divine boon, often expressed via iconographic markers (e.g., ‘three-eyed’) and public recognition by multiple cosmic groups.
No explicit geographic toponym appears in this verse fragment.
The verse foregrounds ideal qualities (sarvaguṇottama) as the basis for entrusted authority and social recognition.
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