Shloka 26

Bhūtavana–Kailāsa–Mandākinī–Rudrapurī: Śiva’s Jeweled Abodes and Perpetual Worship

Devanagari script

तस्याश्चोत्तरपार्श्वे तु भवस्यायतनं शुभम् वैडूर्यमणिसम्पन्नं तत्रास्ते शङ्करो ऽव्ययः

Transliteration

tasyāścottarapārśve tu bhavasyāyatanaṃ śubham vaiḍūryamaṇisampannaṃ tatrāste śaṅkaro 'vyayaḥ

Translation

তাৰ উত্তৰ পাৰ্শ্বত ভবৰ শুভ আয়তন আছে, বৈডূৰ্য-মণিৰে সমৃদ্ধ; তাত অব্যয় শংকৰ বিরাজমান—জগতৰ উদয়-লয়তো অচল পতি।

Word by Word

• तस्याः: of her/of that (place)

• च: and

• उत्तर-पार्श्वे: on the northern side

• तु: indeed

• भवस्य: of Bhava (Śiva)

• आयतनम्: abode/sanctuary/temple

• शुभम्: auspicious

• वैडूर्य-मणि: vaidūrya gem (cat’s-eye/beryl)

• सम्पन्नम्: endowed/adorned

• तत्र: there

• आस्ते: sits/dwells/abides

• शङ्करः: Śaṅkara (Śiva)

• अव्ययः: imperishable/unchanging

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)