Shloka 24

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

Devanagari script

कराभ्यां सुशुभाभ्यां च उभाभ्यां परमेश्वरः पस्पर्श भगवान् रुद्रः परमार्तिहरो हरः

Transliteration

karābhyāṃ suśubhābhyāṃ ca ubhābhyāṃ parameśvaraḥ pasparśa bhagavān rudraḥ paramārtiharo haraḥ

Translation

ਆਪਣੇ ਦੋਵੇਂ ਅਤਿ ਸ਼ੁਭ ਹੱਥਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ਵਰ—ਭਗਵਾਨ ਰੁਦ੍ਰ, ਬੰਧਨਹਰ ਹਰ—ਨੇ ਸਪਰਸ਼ ਕੀਤਾ; ਉਹ ਜੀਵ ਦੀ ਪਰਮ ਪੀੜਾ ਦੂਰ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• कराभ्याम्: with (his) hands

• सुशुभाभ्याम्: with very beautiful/auspicious (hands)

• च: and

• उभाभ्याम्: with both

• परमेश्वरः: the Supreme Lord

• पस्पर्श: touched

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord

• रुद्रः: Rudra

• परमार्तिहरः: remover of the highest distress (supreme suffering)

• हरः: Hara, the remover (of pāśa/bondage)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana; describing Rudra’s act within the internal narrative)