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शिलाद उवाच ॥ महेश यदि तुष्टोऽसि यदि वा वरदश्च मे ॥ इच्छामि त्वत्समं पुत्रं मृत्युहीनमयोनिजम् ॥ ३१॥
Śilāda said:— O lord Śiva, if you are delighted, if you are ready to grant boons, I wish for a son equal to you, devoid of death and not born of a womb.
english translation
नंदीश्वर उवाच ॥ एवमुक्तस्ततो देवस्त्र्यम्बकस्तेन शङ्करः ॥ प्रत्युवाच प्रसन्नात्मा शिलादं मुनिसत्तमम्॥ ३२॥
Nandīśvara said:— When thus requested by him, the three-eyed lord Śiva delightedly replied to the excellent sage Śilāda.
english translation
॥ शिव उवाच ॥ पूर्वमाराधितो विप्र ब्रह्मणाहं तपोधन ॥ तपसा चावतारार्थं मुनिभिश्च सुरोत्तमैः॥ ३३॥
Śiva said:— O brahmin, O sage, formerly I have been propitiated by means of penance by Brahmā, by sages and by leading gods and urged to take an incarnation.
english translation
तव पुत्रो भविष्यामि नन्दी नाम्ना त्वयोनिजः ॥ पिता भविष्यसि मम पितुर्वै जगतां मुने ॥ ३४ ॥
O sage, I shall become your son by the name of Nandin. I shall not be born of a womb. Thus you shall be my father, of me who am the father of the worlds.
english translation
नन्दीश्वर उवाच ॥ एवमुक्त्वा मुनिं प्रेक्ष्य प्रणिपत्यास्थितं घृणी ॥ सोमस्तूर्णं तमादिश्य तत्रैवान्तर्दधे हरः ॥ ३५॥
Nandīśvara said:— After addressing these words to the sage who stood waiting after bowing, the merciful lord Śiva gave him his directions and vanished there itself along with Pārvatī.
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