Shloka 1

विनायकोत्पत्तिः / ताण्डव-प्रसङ्गः (दारुक-वधः, काली-उत्पत्तिः, क्षेत्रपालोत्पत्तिः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे विनायकोत्पत्तिर्नाम पञ्चाधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ऋषय ऊचुः नृत्यारम्भः कथं शंभोः किमर्थं वा यथातथम् वक्तुमर्हसि चास्माकं श्रुतः स्कन्दाग्रजोद्भवः

Transliteration

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge vināyakotpattirnāma pañcādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ ṛṣaya ūcuḥ nṛtyārambhaḥ kathaṃ śaṃbhoḥ kimarthaṃ vā yathātatham vaktumarhasi cāsmākaṃ śrutaḥ skandāgrajodbhavaḥ

Translation

Assim, no Śrī Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa, na seção Pūrvabhāga, inicia-se o capítulo cento e seis, chamado “A Origem de Vināyaka”. Disseram os sábios: “Ó Śambhu (Śiva), como começou a Tua dança e com que propósito—conta-nos exatamente como ocorreu. Ouvimos falar da manifestação do primogênito de Skanda (Vināyaka); por isso, explica-nos.”

Word by Word

• iti: thus

• śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇe: in the auspicious Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa

• pūrva-bhāge: in the first section (Pūrvabhāga)

• vināyaka-utpatti-nāma: named ‘Origin of Vināyaka’

• pañcādhika-śatatamaḥ adhyāyaḥ: the 106th chapter

• ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥ: the sages said

• nṛtya-ārambhaḥ: the commencement of the dance

• katham: how

• śaṃbhoḥ: of Śambhu (Śiva)

• kim-artham vā: and for what purpose

• yathā-tatham: just as it truly happened

• vaktum arhasi: you are fit to tell / please explain

• ca asmākam: and to us

• śrutaḥ: (it is) heard / we have heard

• skanda-agraja-udbhavaḥ: the arising/birth of Skanda’s elder (Vināyaka)

Speaker

Rishis (Sages of Naimisharanya), addressing Suta Goswami