Shloka 39

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

Devanagari script

तानि स्रोतांसि त्रीण्यस्याः स्रोतस्विन्यो ऽभवंस्तदा नदीं त्रिस्रोतसं देवो भगवानवदद्भवः

Transliteration

tāni srotāṃsi trīṇyasyāḥ srotasvinyo 'bhavaṃstadā nadīṃ trisrotasaṃ devo bhagavānavadadbhavaḥ

Translation

ਤਦ ਉਸ ਦੀਆਂ ਉਹ ਤਿੰਨ ਧਾਰਾਂ ਵੱਖ-ਵੱਖ ਵਹਿੰਦੀਆਂ ਧਾਰਾਵਾਂ ਬਣ ਗਈਆਂ। ਫਿਰ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਭਵ (ਸ਼ਿਵ) ਨੇ ਉਸ ਨਦੀ ਨੂੰ ‘ਤ੍ਰਿਸ੍ਰੋਤਸ’—ਤਿੰਨ ਧਾਰਾਂ ਵਾਲੀ ਨਦੀ—ਆਖਿਆ।

Word by Word

• तानि: those

• स्रोतांसि: streams/currents

• त्रीणि: three

• अस्याः: of her/of that (river)

• स्रोतस्विन्यः: flowing streams/rivulets

• अभवन् तदा: became then

• नदीम्: the river

• त्रिस्रोतसम्: (named) Trisrotas, ‘three-streamed’

• देवः: the Deva

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord

• अवदत्: said/declared

• भवः: Bhava (Śiva)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating; with Śiva/Bhava’s declaration quoted within the narrative)