Shloka 3

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

Devanagari script

उद्वाहार्थं महेशस्य तत्क्षणादेव सुव्रताः ब्रह्मणा कल्पितं दिव्यं पुरं रत्नमयं शुभम्

Transliteration

udvāhārthaṃ maheśasya tatkṣaṇādeva suvratāḥ brahmaṇā kalpitaṃ divyaṃ puraṃ ratnamayaṃ śubham

Translation

ഹേ സുവ്രതന്മാരേ! മഹേശന്റെ വിവാഹാർത്ഥം ആ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ തന്നേ ബ്രഹ്മാവ് ദിവ്യവും മംഗളകരവും രത്നമയവുമായ ഒരു നഗരം സൃഷ്ടിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• उद्वाहार्थम्: for the purpose of the wedding

• महेशस्य: of Maheśa (Śiva, the Pati)

• तत्क्षणात् एव: at that very moment

• सुव्रताः: O people of noble vows / steadfast observers of vows

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā

• कल्पितम्: fashioned, created by intention

• दिव्यम्: divine, celestial

• पुरम्: city, fortress-city

• रत्नमयम्: made of gems, jewel-built

• शुभम्: auspicious, благоприятное

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the episode to the sages of Naimisharanya)