Shloka 8

Indra’s Account: Shilada’s Tapas and Shiva’s Manifestation as Nandi

Devanagari script

ततः प्रणम्य देवेशं स्तुत्वोवाच शिलाशनः हर्षगद्गदया वाचा सोमं सोमविभूषणम्

Transliteration

tataḥ praṇamya deveśaṃ stutvovāca śilāśanaḥ harṣagadgadayā vācā somaṃ somavibhūṣaṇam

Translation

ನಂತರ ಶಿಲಾಶನನು ದೇವೇಶ್ವರನಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕರಿಸಿ ಸ್ತುತಿಸಿ, ಹರ್ಷದಿಂದ ನಡುಗುವ ವಾಣಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತನಾಡಿದನು—ಸೋಮವಿಭೂಷಣನಾದ, ಚಂದ್ರಧಾರಿಯಾದ ಪ್ರಭುವನ್ನು ಉದ್ದೇಶಿಸಿ.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then

• praṇamya: having bowed/prostrated

• deveśam: the Lord of the gods (Pati, supreme ruler)

• stutvā: having praised

• uvāca: said/spoke

• śilāśanaḥ: Śilāśana (proper name, the speaker)

• harṣa-gadgadayā: faltering/trembling due to delight

• vācā: with (his) speech/voice

• somam: Soma, the Moon-deity

• soma-vibhūṣaṇam: He whose ornament is Soma (an epithet pointing to Śiva as Candrasekhara/Soma-bearing Lord).

Speaker

Śilāśana (within Suta’s narration)