Shloka 39

Adhyaya 52: सोमाधारः, पुण्योदानदी, मेरुप्रदक्षिणा, जम्बूद्वीपनववर्षवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

पद्मप्रभाः पद्ममुखाः पद्मपत्त्रनिभेक्षणाः पद्मपत्त्रसुगन्धाश् च जायन्ते भवभाविताः

Transliteration

padmaprabhāḥ padmamukhāḥ padmapattranibhekṣaṇāḥ padmapattrasugandhāś ca jāyante bhavabhāvitāḥ

Translation

ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਅੰਦਰ ਭਵ (ਸ਼ਿਵ) ਦੀ ਭਾਵਨਾ ਨਾਲ ਭਰਿਆ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਕਮਲ ਵਾਂਗ ਚਮਕਦੇ ਹੋਏ ਜਨਮ ਲੈਂਦੇ ਹਨ—ਕਮਲ-ਮੁਖ, ਕਮਲ-ਪੱਤਰ ਵਰਗੀਆਂ ਅੱਖਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਕਮਲ-ਪੱਤਰ ਜਿਹੀ ਸੁਗੰਧ ਵਾਲੇ।

Word by Word

• पद्म-प्रभाः: lotus-radiant, shining like a lotus

• पद्म-मुखाः: lotus-faced

• पद्म-पत्त्र-निभ-ईक्षणाः: having eyes like lotus petals

• पद्म-पत्त्र-सुगन्धाः: possessing the sweet fragrance of lotus petals

• च: and

• जायन्ते: are born/come into being

• भव-भाविताः: those infused/imbued with Bhava (Śiva), those contemplated and transformed by Śiva

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya, describing the फल (result) of Bhava/Śiva-contemplation)