Shloka 12

भुवनकोशस्वभाववर्णनम् — सप्तद्वीप-पर्वत-लोकविन्यासः तथा यक्ष-उमा-प्रकाशः

Devanagari script

प्रार्थितश् च महादेवो निवासार्थं सहांबया अविमुक्तादुपागम्य चक्रे वासं स मन्दरे

Transliteration

prārthitaś ca mahādevo nivāsārthaṃ sahāṃbayā avimuktādupāgamya cakre vāsaṃ sa mandare

Translation

Um eine Wohnstätte gebeten, kam Mahādeva zusammen mit Ambā aus Avimukta und errichtete seinen Aufenthalt auf dem Berge Mandara.

Word by Word

• प्रार्थितः: having been entreated/requested

• च: and

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (Śiva)

• निवासार्थम्: for the purpose of residence/abode

• सह-अम्बया: together with Ambā (Pārvatī/Śakti)

• अविमुक्तात्: from Avimukta (the never-abandoned sacred region)

• उपागम्य: having approached/come

• चक्रे: made/established

• वासम्: residence/dwelling

• सः: he

• मन्दरे: on Mandara (mountain).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)