Shloka 4

Shivamurti–Pratishtha Phala: Shivalaya-Nirmana, Kshetra-Mahatmya, Tirtha-Snana, and Mandala-Vidhi

Devanagari script

तथापि भक्ताः परमेश्वरस्य कृत्वेष्टलोष्टैरपि रुद्रलोकम् प्रयान्ति दिव्यं हि विमानवर्यं सुरेन्द्रपद्मोद्भववन्दितस्य

Transliteration

tathāpi bhaktāḥ parameśvarasya kṛtveṣṭaloṣṭairapi rudralokam prayānti divyaṃ hi vimānavaryaṃ surendrapadmodbhavavanditasya

Translation

তথাপি পৰমেশ্বৰৰ ভক্তসকলে নিজৰ প্ৰিয় বস্তু—মাটিৰ ঢেলা মাত্ৰ—অৰ্পণ কৰিলেও ৰুদ্ৰলোক লাভ কৰে। ইন্দ্ৰ আৰু পদ্মজ ব্ৰহ্মাই যাক বন্দনা কৰে, সেই প্ৰভুৰ তেজোময় দিৱ্য ধাম, শ্ৰেষ্ঠ বিমান-লোকলৈ তেওঁলোক গমন কৰে।

Word by Word

• तथापि: even so

• भक्ताः: devotees

• परमेश्वरस्य: of the Supreme Lord (Pati, Īśvara)

• कृत्वा: having done/made (having offered)

• इष्ट-लोष्टैः: with cherished items and even with clods of earth

• अपि: even

• रुद्रलोकम्: to Rudra’s world (Rudraloka)

• प्रयान्ति: they go/attain

• दिव्यम्: divine, radiant

• हि: indeed

• विमान-वर्यम्: the best of celestial abodes/vehicles

• सुरेन्द्र: Indra, lord of the Devas

• पद्मोद्भव: the Lotus-born (Brahmā)

• वन्दितस्य: of the One who is worshipped/praised.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)