Shloka 10

नन्दिकेश्वरावताराभिषेकविवाहवर्णनम्

Nandikeśvara: Incarnation, Consecration, and Marriage—Description

Devanagari script

वत्स नन्दिन्महाप्राज्ञ मृत्योर्भीतिः कुतस्तव । मयैव प्रेषितौ विप्रौ मत्समस्त्वं न संशयः

Transliteration

vatsa nandinmahāprājña mṛtyorbhītiḥ kutastava | mayaiva preṣitau viprau matsamastvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

“爱子难提啊，大智者，你何必畏惧死亡？那两位婆罗门正是我亲自遣来。你与我等同，此中毫无疑虑。”

Word by Word

• वत्स: dear child
• वत्स: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• नन्दिन्: O Nandin
• नन्दिन्: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• महाप्राज्ञ: O greatly wise one
• महाप्राज्ञ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-प्राज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय: महा + प्राज्ञ; विशेषण (qualifier) of ‘नन्दिन्’

• मृत्योः: of death
• मृत्योः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• भीतिः: fear
• भीतिः: Karta (कर्ता/subject of implied ‘अस्ति’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कुतः: how/whence
• कुतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/interrogative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रश्नार्थक/interrogative adverb ‘whence/how’)

• तव: for you / of you
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (कर्ता/agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थक/particle ‘indeed/alone’)

• प्रेषितौ: (were) sent
• प्रेषितौ: Kriya (क्रिया; predicate with implied ‘स्तः’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन (Dual); कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थ (passive sense)

• विप्रौ: two brāhmaṇas
• विप्रौ: Karta (कर्ता/subject of implied ‘स्तः’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन (Dual)

• मत्समः: equal to me
• मत्समः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत्-सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष: मम (मत्) + समः; विशेषण of ‘त्वम्’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (कर्ता/subject of implied ‘अस्ति’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Nandi

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

Shiva removes the devotee’s fear of death by affirming His direct grace and protection; in Shaiva Siddhanta, fear dissolves when the soul takes refuge in Pati (Shiva), the Lord who transcends death and grants liberation.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

The verse emphasizes Saguna Shiva’s personal care for His bhakta: the Lord who is worshipped as the Linga is also the compassionate protector who guides events and reassures the devotee, making Linga-worship a living relationship of surrender and grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice fearlessness through japa of the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” with devotion, coupled with simple acts of Shaiva discipline such as applying Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and maintaining remembrance of Shiva as the conqueror of death.