Shloka 83

अविमुक्तक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य — काशी-वाराणसी में मोक्ष, लिङ्ग-तीर्थ-मानचित्र, और उपासना-विधि

Devanagari script

आदावत्राहमागम्य प्रस्थितो गणपैः सह ज्येष्ठस्थानमिदं तस्माद् एतन्मे पुण्यदर्शनम्

Transliteration

ādāvatrāhamāgamya prasthito gaṇapaiḥ saha jyeṣṭhasthānamidaṃ tasmād etanme puṇyadarśanam

Translation

Pada mulanya aku datang ke sini, lalu berangkat bersama para Gaṇa. Maka inilah Jyeṣṭha-sthāna—takhta suci yang utama; memandangnya bagiku adalah darśana yang menganugerahkan pahala kebajikan.

Word by Word

• ādau: in the beginning

• atra: here

• aham: I

• āgamya: having come/arrived

• prasthitaḥ: set forth/departed

• gaṇapaiḥ: with the Gaṇas (Śiva’s attendants)

• saha: together with

• jyeṣṭha-sthānam: the foremost/elder sacred place (supreme seat)

• idam: this

• tasmāt: therefore/for that reason

• etat: this

• me: for me/to me

• puṇya-darśanam: meritorious sight/auspicious दर्शन

Speaker

Shiva (implied, recalling his primal arrival with the Gaṇas; framed within Sūta’s narration)