Sanatkumara Samhita
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The is is the english translation of the Sanatkumara Samhita. Sanatkumara in Sanskrit means “eternal youth”. Sage Sanatkumara was one of the Four Kumaras, the four Manasputras (mind-born-sons) or spiritual sons of Brahma. Sanatkumara is also the author of the Sanatkumara Samhita, which is part of the Shiva Purana, and has 59 chapters. Alternative ...
verse 175
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
श्री-शिव उवाच <इ>इत्य् उक्त्वा दक्षिणे कर्णे मम कृष्णो दया-निधिः
उपदिश्य द्वयं ह्य् एतत् संस्कारांश् च विधाय हिśrī-śiva uvāca ity uktvā dakṣiṇe karṇe mama kṛṣṇo dayā-nidhiḥ
upadiśya dvayaṃ hy etat saṃskārāṃś ca vidhāya hi
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
śrī-śivaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śiva said; iti—thus; uktvā—speaking; dakṣiṇe—in the right; karṇe—ear; mama—of me; kṛṣṇaḥ—Lord Kṛṣṇa; dayā—of mercy; nidhiḥ—an oc4ean; upadiśya—teaching; dvayam—two; hi—indeed; etat—this; saṃskārān—samskaras; ca—and; vidhāya—placing; hi—indeed.
English translation of verse:
Lord Sadāśiva said: After speaking these words, Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is an ocean of mercy, spoke the two mantras in my right ear. Then He taught me the various saṃskāras.