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Shloka 43

उच्चैःश्रवसः वर्णविपणः तथा नागशापः

Uccaiḥśravas Color-Wager and the Nāga Curse

दधार भगवान्‌ कण्ठे मन्त्रमूर्तिमिहेश्वरः । तदाप्रभूति देवस्तु नीलकण्ठ इति श्रुति:,मन्त्रमूर्ति भगवान्‌ महेश्वरने विषपान करके उसे अपने कण्ठमें धारण कर लिया। तभीसे महादेवजी नीलकण्ठके नामसे विख्यात हुए, ऐसी जनश्रुति है

dadhāra bhagavān kaṇṭhe mantramūrtim iheśvaraḥ | tadāprabhṛti devastu nīlakaṇṭha iti śrutiḥ ||

Śaunaka nói: Đấng Tối Thượng, Īśvara, đã giữ trong cổ họng mình chất độc chết người mang hình thái của thần chú. Từ đó về sau, theo truyền tụng, vị thần ấy được tôn xưng là Nīlakaṇṭha (“Cổ Xanh”).

दधारheld, bore
दधार:
TypeVerb
Rootधृ
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
भगवान्the Blessed Lord
भगवान्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कण्ठेin (his) throat/neck
कण्ठे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकण्ठ
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
मन्त्रमूर्तिम्the mantra-embodied (poison/essence)
मन्त्रमूर्तिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्रमूर्ति
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
इहhere, in this context
इह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
ईश्वरःthe Lord
ईश्वरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तद्from that (time/event)
तद्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
आप्रभृतिonwards, from then on
आप्रभृति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआप्रभृति
देवःthe god (Mahādeva)
देवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुindeed, but
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
नीलकण्ठःBlue-throated (one)
नीलकण्ठः:
TypeNoun
Rootनीलकण्ठ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus, so (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
श्रुतिःtradition, report
श्रुतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootश्रुति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular

शौनक उवाच

Ś
Śaunaka
Ī
Īśvara (Śiva/Maheśvara)
N
Nīlakaṇṭha (epithet of Śiva)
K
kaṇṭha (throat)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights protective self-restraint and self-sacrifice: the Lord contains a dangerous force within himself to safeguard others, and this act becomes an enduring moral-symbolic identity (Nīlakaṇṭha).

Śaunaka recounts that Īśvara (Śiva) holds the potent, harmful substance in his throat; because of this, tradition says he became famous as Nīlakaṇṭha, the Blue-throated one.