Shloka 33

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

Devanagari script

उक्ता नदी भवस्वेति उत्ससर्ज वृषध्वजः ततः सा दिव्यतोया च पूर्णासितजला शुभा

Transliteration

uktā nadī bhavasveti utsasarja vṛṣadhvajaḥ tataḥ sā divyatoyā ca pūrṇāsitajalā śubhā

Translation

Assim instruída: «Torna-te um rio», Vṛṣadhvaja (Śiva) a libertou. Então ela se fez um curso auspicioso, pleno de águas celestes, e sua corrente de tom escuro fluiu em abundância.

Word by Word

• uktā: having been addressed/commanded

• nadī: (as) a river

• bhava: become

• iti: thus

• utsasarja: he released/let forth/emanated

• vṛṣadhvajaḥ: the Bull-bannered Lord (Śiva)

• tataḥ: then/thereupon

• sā: she

• divya-toyā: having divine (celestial) water

• ca: and

• pūrṇā: full/complete

• asita-jalā: having dark (blue-black) water

• śubhā: auspicious/beneficent

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages, recounting Shiva’s act)