Shloka 8

उमास्वयंवरः / भवोद्वाहः, गणसमागमः, अविमुक्तक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यम्, तथा विनायक-उत्पत्तिसूचना

Devanagari script

उद्वाहः शङ्करस्येति जग्मुः सर्वा मुदान्विताः उरगा गरुडा यक्षा गन्धर्वाः किन्नरा गणाः

Transliteration

udvāhaḥ śaṅkarasyeti jagmuḥ sarvā mudānvitāḥ uragā garuḍā yakṣā gandharvāḥ kinnarā gaṇāḥ

Translation

“यह शंकर का विवाह है”—यह सुनकर सब आनंद से भरकर चल पड़े: नाग, गरुड़, यक्ष, गंधर्व, किन्नर और गण-समूह।

Word by Word

• उद्वाहः: wedding/nuptial rite

• शङ्करस्य: of Śaṅkara (Śiva as the auspicious Lord)

• इति: thus/so (as the announcement)

• जग्मुः: they went/they set out

• सर्वाः: all (of them)

• मुदान्विताः: endowed with joy/rejoicing

• उरगाः: serpents/nāgas

• गरुडाः: Garuḍas (eagle-like divine beings)

• यक्षाः: Yakṣas (guardian/nature-wealth beings)

• गन्धर्वाः: Gandharvas (celestial musicians)

• किन्नराः: Kinnaras (celestial semi-divine beings)

• गणाः: gaṇas/hosts (Śiva’s attendant troops)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana account to the sages of Naimisharanya)