Shloka 34

अविमुक्तक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य — काशी-वाराणसी में मोक्ष, लिङ्ग-तीर्थ-मानचित्र, और उपासना-विधि

Devanagari script

सम्पूज्य पूज्यं त्रिदशेश्वराणां सम्प्रेक्ष्य चोद्यानम् अतीव रम्यम् गणेश्वरैर् नन्दिमुखैश् च सार्धम् उवाच देवं प्रणिपत्य देवी

Transliteration

sampūjya pūjyaṃ tridaśeśvarāṇāṃ samprekṣya codyānam atīva ramyam gaṇeśvarair nandimukhaiś ca sārdham uvāca devaṃ praṇipatya devī

Translation

Nachdem sie den Verehrungswürdigen, den selbst die Herren der dreiunddreißig Götter verehren, gebührend verehrt und jenen überaus entzückenden göttlichen Garten geschaut hatte, verneigte sich die Göttin zusammen mit den Gaṇeśvaras und Nandimukha und sprach dann zum Herrn.

Word by Word

• सम्पूज्य: having worshipped fully

• पूज्यम्: the One worthy of worship

• त्रिदशेश्वराणाम्: of the lords of the thirty-three gods (Devas)

• सम्प्रेक्ष्य: having looked upon/observed

• चोद्यानम् (उद्यानम्): garden/pleasure-grove

• अतीव: exceedingly

• रम्यम्: delightful, beautiful

• गणेश्वरैः: with the chiefs of Shiva’s gaṇas

• नन्दिमुखैः: with Nandimukha (a gaṇa/attendant of Shiva)

• च: and

• सार्धम्: together with

• उवाच: spoke

• देवम्: to the Deva/Lord (Shiva)

• प्रणिपत्य: having bowed/prostrated

• देवी: the Goddess (Parvati/Shakti).

Speaker

Suta (narrating Devi’s action and speech in the internal story)