Shloka 34

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

Devanagari script

पद्मोत्पलवनोपेता प्रावर्तत महानदी तामाह च महादेवो नदीं परमशोभनाम्

Transliteration

padmotpalavanopetā prāvartata mahānadī tāmāha ca mahādevo nadīṃ paramaśobhanām

Translation

Pinalamutian ng mga kakahuyan ng lotus at bughaw na lotus, nagsimulang umagos ang dakilang ilog. Pagkaraan, kinausap ni Mahādeva ang ilog na lubhang maningning—siya ang Pati na sa pamamagitan ng biyaya’y nagpapabanal at nagpapalaya sa mga paśu na nakagapos.

Word by Word

• पद्म: lotus

• उत्पल: blue lotus

• वन: grove/forest

• उपेता: endowed with/adorned with

• प्रावर्तत: began to flow/issued forth

• महानदी: great river

• ताम्: her/that (river)

• आह: said/addressed

• च: and

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (Śiva)

• नदीम्: river (acc.)

• परम-शोभनाम्: supremely beautiful/resplendent

Speaker

Suta Goswami (primary narrator), reporting Mahadeva’s action within the narrative