Origin of the Epithet Nīlakaṇṭha (Śiva swallowing poison) - Verse 45
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 25 · Verse 45
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Sanskrit Original
मथ्यमाने ऽमृते पूर्वं क्षीरोदे सुरदानवैः। अग्रे समुत्थितं घोरं विषङ्कालानलप्रभम।।
mathyamāne 'mṛte pūrvaṃ kṣīrode suradānavaiḥ| agre samutthitaṃ ghoraṃ viṣaṅkālānalaprabham||
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Maheśvara said: Formerly, when the milk-ocean, was being churned by the Devas and Dānavas for the sake of Amṛta (nectar), a terrible poison as sparkling as the dark fire cropped up.