Shloka 38

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

Devanagari script

एष नन्दी यतो जातो यज्ञभूमौ हिताय मे

Transliteration

eṣa nandī yato jāto yajñabhūmau hitāya me

Translation

“हा नंदी आहे; तो यज्ञभूमीतच उत्पन्न झाला आहे—माझ्या हितासाठी आणि या यज्ञाच्या रक्षणासाठी।”

Word by Word

• एषः: this

• नन्दी: Nandī (Śiva’s gaṇa, sacred bull)

• यतः: from which/whereupon

• जातः: was born/manifested

• यज्ञ-भूमौ: on the sacrificial ground (yajña-site)

• हिताय: for the good/welfare

• मे: of me/mine

Speaker

Shiva (as recalled within Suta’s narration)