Shloka 21

स्वेच्छाविग्रहसंभव-प्रतिष्ठाफलवर्णनम् (विविधशिवमूर्तिप्रतिष्ठा, लोक-फल, शिवसायुज्य)

Devanagari script

नृत्यद्भिर् अप्सरःसंघैः सर्वतः सर्वशोभितैः गत्वा शिवपुरं दिव्यं गाणपत्यमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

nṛtyadbhir apsaraḥsaṃghaiḥ sarvataḥ sarvaśobhitaiḥ gatvā śivapuraṃ divyaṃ gāṇapatyamavāpnuyāt

Translation

Von allen Seiten durch Scharen tanzender Apsarās in voller Pracht geschmückt, gelangt man zur göttlichen Stadt Śivas und erlangt den Stand eines Gaṇa — Zugehörigkeit zu Śivas Gefolge.

Word by Word

• नृत्यद्भिः: by dancing

• अप्सरः-संघैः: by groups/hosts of Apsarās

• सर्वतः: on all sides

• सर्व-शोभितैः: with every kind of beauty/adornment

• गत्वा: having gone

• शिवपुरम्: to Śiva’s city (Śivapura)

• दिव्यम्: divine, celestial

• गाणपत्यम्: the state/office of being a Gaṇa (membership in Śiva’s attendants)

• अवाप्नुयात्: would attain, obtains.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the phala-śruti to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)