प्रतिष्ठादिनकृत्यम्The rites of the day of installation
Verse 55
नन्दी महाबलः कीशवदनो गणनायकः । द्वारपालाः शिवस्यैते सर्वे शस्त्रास्त्रपाणयः ॥ ५५ ॥
nandī mahābalaḥ kīśavadanō gaṇanāyakaḥ | dvārapālāḥ śivasyaitē sarvē śastrāstrapāṇayaḥ || 55 ||
Translation
Nandī, Mahābala, Kīśavadana and Gaṇanāyaka: these are the door-keepers of Śiva, all with weapons in their hands.
Word by word
- nandī
- Nandī
- mahābalaḥ
- Mahābala
- kīśa
- ape
- vadanō
- (vadanaḥ) faced
- gaṇa
- of the hosts
- nāyakaḥ
- the leader
- dvāra
- the door
- pālāḥ
- keepers
- śivasya
- of Śiva
- ētē
- (ete) these
- sarvē
- all
- śastra
- weapons
- astra
- (astra) and arms
- pāṇayaḥ
- in their hands
Meaning
The commentary marks this as the single verse naming those to be worshipped. Kīśavadana, "the ape-faced", is one of Śiva's attendants; the four take their stations at the door of the shrine.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He tells the door-keepers of Maheśa who are to be worshipped, in one verse beginning "nandī" (verses 55 and 56).