Shloka 1

क्षुपस्य विष्णुदर्शनं, वैष्णवस्तोत्रं, दधीचविवादः, स्थानेश्वरतीर्थमाहात्म्यं

Devanagari script

इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे क्षुपाबिधनृपपराभववर्णनं नाम पञ्चत्रिंशो ऽध्यायः नन्द्युवाच पूजया तस्य संतुष्टो भगवान्पुरुषोत्तमः श्रीभूमिसहितः श्रीमाञ् शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः

Transliteration

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge kṣupābidhanṛpaparābhavavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ nandyuvāca pūjayā tasya saṃtuṣṭo bhagavānpuruṣottamaḥ śrībhūmisahitaḥ śrīmāñ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah dalam Śrī Liṅga-Mahāpurāṇa bagian awal, bab ketiga puluh lima yang bernama “Uraian tentang Kekalahan Raja bernama Kṣupa” berakhir. Nandin berkata: “Karena pemujaannya, Bhagavān Puruṣottama yang mulia—bersama Śrī dan Bhūmi, pemegang sangkha, cakra, dan gada—menjadi berkenan.”

Word by Word

• iti: thus

• śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇe: in the auspicious Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa

• pūrva-bhāge: in the former section (Pūrvabhāga)

• kṣupa-abhidhāna-nṛpa: the king named Kṣupa

• parābhava-varṇanam: description of defeat

• nāma: called

• pañcatriṃśaḥ adhyāyaḥ: thirty-fifth chapter

• nandy uvāca: Nandin said

• pūjayā: by worship

• tasya: of him / by him

• saṃtuṣṭaḥ: satisfied, pleased

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord

• puruṣottamaḥ: the Supreme Person

• śrī-bhūmi-sahitaḥ: accompanied by Śrī (Lakṣmī) and Bhūmi (Earth-goddess)

• śrīmān: glorious, resplendent

• śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-dharaḥ: bearer of conch, discus, and mace

Speaker

Nandin (Nandikeśvara)