Shloka 47

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

Devanagari script

प्रावर्तत नदी पुण्या ऊचुर् जम्बूनदीति ताम् एतत्पञ्चनदं नाम जप्येश्वरसमीपगम्

Transliteration

prāvartata nadī puṇyā ūcur jambūnadīti tām etatpañcanadaṃ nāma japyeśvarasamīpagam

Translation

Então começou a correr um rio sagrado. Chamaram-no de Rio Jambū. Este tīrtha é conhecido como Pañcanada, situado perto de Japyeśvara—e, pela proximidade do Senhor Pati, concede mérito purificador ao paśu ligado.

Word by Word

• प्रावर्तत: began to flow/started forth

• नदी: river

• पुण्या: holy, merit-giving

• ऊचुः: they said/called

• जम्बूनदीति: “(it is) Jambū-nadī”

• ताम्: that (river)

• एतत्: this

• पञ्चनदम्: Pañcanada (confluence/region of five streams)

• नाम: by name/known as

• जप्येश्वर: Japyeśvara (a form of Śiva)

• समीपगम्: situated near/approaching the vicinity

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the tirtha account to the sages of Naimisharanya)