Shloka 47

Adhyaya 49: जम्बूद्वीप-मेर्वादि-वर्षपर्वत-वन-सरः-रुद्रक्षेत्र-वर्णनम्

Devanagari script

एकशृङ्गो महाशूलो गजशैलः पिशाचकः पञ्चशैलो ऽथ कैलासो हिमवांश्चाचलोत्तमः

Transliteration

ekaśṛṅgo mahāśūlo gajaśailaḥ piśācakaḥ pañcaśailo 'tha kailāso himavāṃścācalottamaḥ

Translation

ឯកសೃង្គៈ មហាសូលៈ គជសៃលៈ ពិសាចកៈ បញ្ចសៃលៈ ហើយក៏មាន កៃលាសៈ—ហិមវាន ជាអចលោត្តមៈ។

Word by Word

• एकशृङ्गः: the one-peaked/one-horned (mountain-form)

• महाशूलः: the great trident-bearer

• गजशैलः: elephant-like mountain / elephant-mountain

• पिशाचकः: lord/leader of piśācas

• पञ्चशैलः: five-peaked mountain

• अथ: and then/also

• कैलासः: Kailāsa (Śiva’s sacred abode)

• हिमवान्: Himavān (the Himalayan range/personified)

• च: and

• अचलोत्तमः: best among the immovables (supreme mountain)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya; the verse functions as a Sahasranama-style litany of Shiva’s names)