Shloka 115

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

देवदेवं समासाद्य नमस्कृत्वा व्यवस्थितः रेजे पुरत्रयं दग्धं दैत्यकोटिशतैर्वृतम्

Transliteration

devadevaṃ samāsādya namaskṛtvā vyavasthitaḥ reje puratrayaṃ dagdhaṃ daityakoṭiśatairvṛtam

Translation

Nachdem er sich dem Gott der Götter genähert und in Ehrfurcht niedergebeugt hatte, stand er gefasst da; und dort erglänzte die dreifache Stadt—nun verbrannt—noch immer umringt von Hunderten Krore an Daityas.

Word by Word

• देवदेवम्: the God of gods (Mahādeva)

• समासाद्य: having approached

• नमस्कृत्वा: having bowed/saluted

• व्यवस्थितः: standing firm, composed, duly stationed

• रेजे: shone, appeared resplendent/manifest

• पुरत्रयम्: the three cities (Tripura)

• दग्धम्: burned/consumed (by Shiva’s power)

• दैत्य-कोटि-शतैः: by hundreds of crores of daityas

• वृतम्: surrounded, encircled

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)