Shloka 6
Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti
Devanagari script
पुष्करं चान्तरिक्षं वै रथनीडश् च मन्दरः अस्ताद्रिरुदयाद्रिश् च उभौ तौ कूबरौ स्मृतौ
Transliteration
puṣkaraṃ cāntarikṣaṃ vai rathanīḍaś ca mandaraḥ astādrirudayādriś ca ubhau tau kūbarau smṛtau
Translation
പുഷ്കരവും അന്തരിക്ഷവും, രഥനീഡവും മന്ദരവും; അതുപോലെ അസ്താദ്രിയും ഉദയാദ്രിയും—ഈ രണ്ടും ‘കൂബരങ്ങൾ’ എന്നു സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു; ശിവന്റെ ക്രമബദ്ധ സൃഷ്ടിയിലെ നിശ്ചിത പരിധികളെ സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്നവ।
Word by Word
पुष्करम् (puṣkaram)Pushkara (a sacred region/tīrtha)
पुष्करम् (puṣkaram):
च (ca)and
च (ca):
अन्तरिक्षम् (antarikṣam)the mid-space/atmospheric realm
अन्तरिक्षम् (antarikṣam):
वै (vai)indeed
वै (vai):
रथनीडः (rathanīḍaḥ)Rathanīḍa (a named mountain/region)
रथनीडः (rathanīḍaḥ):
च (ca)and
च (ca):
मन्दरः (mandaraḥ)Mandara (mountain)
मन्दरः (mandaraḥ):
अस्ताद्रिः (astādriḥ)Astādri (the setting mountain, western limit)
अस्ताद्रिः (astādriḥ):
उदयाद्रिः (udayādriḥ)Udayādri (the rising mountain, eastern limit)
उदयाद्रिः (udayādriḥ):
च (ca)and
च (ca):
उभौ (ubhau)both
उभौ (ubhau):
तौ (tau)those two
तौ (tau):
कूबरौ (kūbarau)boundary-peaks/pillars marking limits
कूबरौ (kūbarau):
स्मृतौ (smṛtau)are remembered/declared in tradition
स्मृतौ (smṛtau):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)