Shloka 130

Adhyaya 71: पुरत्रयवृत्तान्तः—ब्रह्मवरदानम्, मयकृतत्रिपुर-निर्माणम्, विष्णुमाया-धर्मविघ्नः, शिवस्तुति, त्रिपुरदाहोपक्रमः

Devanagari script

स्कन्दमालिङ्ग्य चाघ्राय नृत्य पुत्रेत्युवाच ह सो ऽपि लीलालसो बालो ननर्तार्तिहरः प्रभुः

Transliteration

skandamāliṅgya cāghrāya nṛtya putretyuvāca ha so 'pi līlālaso bālo nanartārtiharaḥ prabhuḥ

Translation

Baginda memeluk Skanda dan menghidu ubun-ubunnya dengan kasih, lalu bersabda, “Menarilah, wahai anakku.” Maka kanak-kanak yang lincah bermain itu juga—Tuhan Skanda, Penghapus duka—pun mula menari.

Word by Word

• skandam: Skanda (Kartikeya)

• āliṅgya: having embraced

• ca: and

• āghrāya: having smelled (in affection)

• nṛtya: dance

• putra: O son

• iti: thus

• uvāca: said

• ha: indeed

• saḥ api: he also

• līlālasaḥ: delighting in divine play

• bālaḥ: the child

• nanarta: danced

• ārtiharaḥ: remover of suffering

• prabhuḥ: Lord, sovereign

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the episode within the Purana’s internal story)