Shloka 10

Bhūtavana–Kailāsa–Mandākinī–Rudrapurī: Śiva’s Jeweled Abodes and Perpetual Worship

Devanagari script

सिंहासनैर्मणिमयैः शुभास्तरणसंयुतैः क्षितावितस्ततः सम्यक् शर्वेणाधिष्ठितैः शुभैः

Transliteration

siṃhāsanairmaṇimayaiḥ śubhāstaraṇasaṃyutaiḥ kṣitāvitastataḥ samyak śarveṇādhiṣṭhitaiḥ śubhaiḥ

Translation

मग भूमीवर रत्नमय सिंहासने शुभ आच्छादनांसह नीट मांडलेली होती—ती मंगल आसने स्वयं शर्व (शिव) यांनी अधिष्ठित केली होती।

Word by Word

• siṃhāsanaiḥ: by lion-thrones

• maṇi-mayaiḥ: made of jewels/gems

• śubha-āstaraṇa-saṃyutaiḥ: furnished with auspicious coverings/beddings

• kṣitau: on the earth/on the ground

• vitastataḥ: spread out/arranged

• tataḥ: then/thereafter

• samyak: properly, duly

• śarveṇa: by Śarva (Śiva)

• adhiṣṭhitaiḥ: presided over/occupied/sanctified by presence

• śubhaiḥ: auspicious, sacred

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)