Shloka 48

नन्दिकेश्वरोत्पत्तिः — Nandikesvara’s Origin, Shiva’s Boons, and the Rise of Sacred Rivers

Devanagari script

यः पञ्चनदमासाद्य स्नात्वा जप्येश्वरेश्वरम् पूजयेच्छिवसायुज्यं प्रयात्येव न संशयः

Transliteration

yaḥ pañcanadamāsādya snātvā japyeśvareśvaram pūjayecchivasāyujyaṃ prayātyeva na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ആർ പഞ്ചനദത്തെ പ്രാപിച്ച് അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത്, ഈശ്വരേശ്വരനെ ജപിച്ച്, ഭക്തിയോടെ ശിവനെ പൂജിക്കുന്നുവോ—അവൻ നിശ്ചയമായി ശിവസായുജ്യം പ്രാപിച്ച് പതി ശിവനോടു ഏകത്വം നേടുന്നു; സംശയമില്ല.

Word by Word

• यः (yaḥ): whoever

• पञ्चनदम् (pañcanadam): the sacred confluence/region called Pañcanada (five rivers)

• आसाद्य (āsādya): having reached

• स्नात्वा (snātvā): having bathed

• जप्य (japya): to be repeated in japa / having performed japa

• ईश्वरेश्वरम् (īśvareśvaram): the Lord of lords, Supreme Īśvara (Śiva)

• पूजयेत् (pūjayet): should worship

• शिवसायुज्यम् (śiva-sāyujyam): union/identity with Śiva (sāyujya-mukti)

• प्रयाति एव (prayāti eva): certainly attains/goes to

• न संशयः (na saṃśayaḥ): no doubt.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)