Origin of the Epithet Nīlakaṇṭha (Śiva swallowing poison) - Verse 41
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 25 · Verse 41
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Sanskrit Original
भगवन्भूतभव्येश गोवृषाङ्कितशासन। तव कण्ठे महादेव भ्राजतेंबुदसन्निभम।।
bhagavanbhūtabhavyeśa govṛṣāṅkitaśāsana| tava kaṇṭhe mahādeva bhrājateṃbudasannibham||
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Sūta said: “O lord, Master of the past and the future, O lord whose authority has been marked by a bullock (i.e. bull-bannered one), there is something sparkling in your neck, O great lord, resembling a cloud. O lord, O destroyer of the body of Kāma, what is this that shines in your white neck? It is not very deep and manifest. What is the cause? What is the reason that your neck is bluish, O lord? Narrate all these duly (as I have got curiosity and) I am eager (to hear it)