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

एकशृंग, महाशूल, गजशैल, पिशाचक, पंचशैल; तसेच कैलास आणि हिमवान—हे अचलोत्तम, पर्वतश्रेष्ठ आहेत.

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)