Shloka 4

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

Devanagari script

निर्मांसरुधिरत्वग् वै निर्लेपः कुड्यवत् स्थितः अस्थिशेषो ऽभवत्पश्चात् तममन्यत शङ्करः

Transliteration

nirmāṃsarudhiratvag vai nirlepaḥ kuḍyavat sthitaḥ asthiśeṣo 'bhavatpaścāt tamamanyata śaṅkaraḥ

Translation

तो मांस, रक्त व त्वचा रहित होऊनही निर्लेप, भिंतीसारखा स्थिर उभा राहिला। पुढे केवळ अस्थिशेष उरल्यावर शंकरांनी त्याला आपलाच (खरा) स्वरूप मानले।

Word by Word

• nirmāṃsa: without flesh

• rudhira: blood

• tvak: skin

• vai: indeed

• nirlepaḥ: unstained, untainted

• kuḍya-vat: like a wall

• sthitaḥ: stood, remained

• asthi: bones

• śeṣaḥ: remainder, residue

• abhavat: became

• paścāt: afterwards

• tam: him/that

• amanyata: understood, recognized, considered

• śaṅkaraḥ: Śaṅkara (Lord Shiva)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana; describing Shiva’s recognition within the episode)