Shloka 11

Indra’s Account: Shilada’s Tapas and Shiva’s Manifestation as Nandi

Devanagari script

श्रीदेवदेव उवाच पूर्वमाराधितो विप्र ब्रह्मणाहं तपोधन तपसा चावतारार्थं मुनिभिश् च सुरोत्तमैः

Transliteration

śrīdevadeva uvāca pūrvamārādhito vipra brahmaṇāhaṃ tapodhana tapasā cāvatārārthaṃ munibhiś ca surottamaiḥ

Translation

Wika ni Śrī Devadeva: O brāhmaṇa, O kayamanan ng pag-aayuno at pagninilay—noon pa man, sinamba Ako ni Brahmā sa pamamagitan ng tapas; at upang matupad ang layunin ng Aking pagbaba, ang mga muni at ang pinakadakila sa mga deva ay nagpakasakit sa tapas upang Ako’y mapalugod.

Word by Word

• śrī-devadevaḥ: the glorious Lord of gods (Śiva)

• uvāca: said

• pūrvam: formerly, earlier

• ārādhitaḥ: worshipped/propitiated

• vipra: O brāhmaṇa

• brahmaṇā: by Brahmā

• aham: I

• tapodhana: O wealth of tapas (address to an ascetic/brāhmaṇa)

• tapasā: by austerity

• ca: and

• avatāra-artham: for the purpose of incarnation/descent

• munibhiḥ: by sages

• ca: and

• sura-uttamaiḥ: by the best among the devas

Speaker

Shiva (Devadeva)