Rudra-Shiva concept (Study)
by Maumita Bhattacharjee | 2018 | 54,352 words
This page relates ‘2.34.Shiva as Nandi’ of the study on the Rudra-Shiva concept in the Vedic and Puranic literature, starting with the concept of God as contemplated by the Rishis (Vedic sages). These pages further deal with the aspects, legends, iconography and eulology of Rudra-Shiva as found in the Samhitas, Brahamanas, Aranyakas, Upanishads Sutras and Puranas. The final chapters deal with descriptions of his greatness, various incarnations and epithets.
2.34.Śiva as Nandī
Śilāda, a Brāhmaṇa worshipped Śiva for getting a son,[1] who will not be born of human and will be free from death like Śiva.[2] Śiva was pleased with his ardent prayer and took birth as his (Śilāda’s) son by the name of Nandī.[3]
Footnotes and references:
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[2]:
maheśa yadi tuṣṭo’si yadi vā varadaśca me | icchāmi tvatsamaṃ putraṃ mṛtyuhīnamayonijam || Ibid., 3.6.31
[3]:
tava putro bhaviṣyāmi nandī nāmnna tvayonijaḥ | Ibid., 3.6.34