Shloka 38

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

Devanagari script

पुत्रप्रेम्णाभ्यषिञ्चच्च स्रोतोभिस्तनयैस्त्रिभिः पयसा शङ्खगौरेण देवदेवं निरीक्ष्य सा

Transliteration

putrapremṇābhyaṣiñcacca srotobhistanayaistribhiḥ payasā śaṅkhagaureṇa devadevaṃ nirīkṣya sā

Translation

Tinitigan niya ang Deva ng mga deva; dahil sa pag-ibig sa anak, isinagawa niya ang abhiṣeka sa Panginoon sa pamamagitan ng tatlong agos mula sa kanyang dibdib, ibinuhos ang gatas na puti gaya ng kabibe sa ibabaw ng Diyos.

Word by Word

• पुत्र-प्रेम्णा: out of love for (her) son

• अभ्यषिञ्चत्: she sprinkled/bathed (performed abhiṣeka)

• स्रोतोभिः: with streams/flows

• स्तनयैः: from the breasts

• त्रिभिः: threefold/with three (streams)

• पयसा: with milk

• शङ्ख-गौरेण: conch-white, brilliantly pale

• देव-देवम्: the Lord of the gods (Śiva)

• निरीक्ष्य: having looked upon, beholding

• सा: she

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)