Shloka 6
Indra’s Account: Shilada’s Tapas and Shiva’s Manifestation as Nandi
Devanagari script
तपतस्तस्य तपसा प्रभुस्तुष्टाथ शङ्करः तुष्टस्तवेत्यथोवाच सगणश्चोमया सह
Transliteration
tapatastasya tapasā prabhustuṣṭātha śaṅkaraḥ tuṣṭastavetyathovāca sagaṇaścomayā saha
Translation
അവൻ തപസ്സിൽ തുടരുമ്പോൾ, ആ തപസ്സാൽ പ്രഭു ശങ്കരൻ പ്രസന്നനായി. പിന്നെ ഗണങ്ങളോടും ഉമയോടും കൂടെ അദ്ദേഹം പറഞ്ഞു—“ഞാൻ നിന്നിൽ പ്രസന്നനാണ്.”
Word by Word
tapatasof the one performing austerity
tapatas:
tasyaof him
tasya:
tapasāby (his) austerity/tapas
tapasā:
prabhuḥthe Lord, sovereign
prabhuḥ:
tuṣṭaḥpleased
tuṣṭaḥ:
athathen
atha:
śaṅkaraḥŚaṅkara (Śiva)
śaṅkaraḥ:
tuṣṭaḥpleased
tuṣṭaḥ:
tavawith you/for you
tava:
itithus
iti:
athathen
atha:
uvācasaid/spoke
uvāca:
sa-gaṇaḥtogether with (His) gaṇas
sa-gaṇaḥ:
caand
ca:
umayā sahaalong with Umā (Pārvatī)
umayā saha:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the episode; Shiva speaks within the narrative)