Shloka 45

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

Devanagari script

तस्याभिषिक्तस्य तदा प्रवृत्ता स्रोतसा भृशम् यस्मात् सुवर्णान्निःसृत्य नद्येषा सम्प्रवर्तते

Transliteration

tasyābhiṣiktasya tadā pravṛttā srotasā bhṛśam yasmāt suvarṇānniḥsṛtya nadyeṣā sampravartate

Translation

Tatkala Dia dimandikan dengan abhiṣeka, pada saat itu mengalir deras suatu arus yang kuat; dari abhiṣeka itu, terpancar bagaikan emas, maka sungai ini pun mengalir penuh—tanda nyata Sang Pati yang melepaskan paśu yang terikat daripada pāśa.

Word by Word

• tasya: of him/that (Lord/Liṅga)

• abhiṣiktasya: of the one who has been anointed

• tadā: then

• pravṛttā: set in motion/arose

• srotasā: with a stream/current

• bhṛśam: intensely, greatly

• yasmāt: from which/wherefrom

• suvarṇāt: from gold/as gold

• niḥsṛtya: flowing out, issuing forth

• nadī: river

• eṣā: this

• sampravartate: begins to flow fully, comes into operation

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)