Shloka 59

भुवनकोशस्वभाववर्णनम् — सप्तद्वीप-पर्वत-लोकविन्यासः तथा यक्ष-उमा-प्रकाशः

Devanagari script

तां शक्रमुख्या बहुशोभमानाम् उमामजां हैमवतीमपृच्छन् /* किमेतदीशे बहुशोभमाने वांबिके यक्षवपुश्चकास्ति

Transliteration

tāṃ śakramukhyā bahuśobhamānām umāmajāṃ haimavatīmapṛcchan /* kimetadīśe bahuśobhamāne vāṃbike yakṣavapuścakāsti

Translation

ਤਦੋਂ ਸ਼ਕ੍ਰ ਆਦਿ ਦੇਵਤਿਆਂ ਨੇ ਬਹੁਤ ਹੀ ਸ਼ੋਭਾਵਾਨ, ਅਜਨਮੀ ਹੈਮਵਤੀ ਉਮਾ ਨੂੰ ਪੁੱਛਿਆ— “ਹੇ ਅਤਿ ਸ਼ੋਭਾਵਤੀ ਅੰਬਿਕੇ! ਇੱਥੇ ਯਕਸ਼ ਦੇ ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਇਹ ਅਦਭੁਤ ਸੱਤਾ ਕੌਣ ਹੈ?”

Word by Word

• ताम् (tām): her

• शक्रमुख्याः (śakra-mukhyāḥ): Indra and the foremost (among the gods)

• बहुशोभमानाम् (bahu-śobhamānām): greatly resplendent

• उमाम् (umām): Uma

• अजाम् (ajām): the Unborn (Mother)

• हैमवतीम् (haimavatīm): daughter of Himavat, Haimavatī

• अपृच्छन् (apṛcchan): asked, inquired

• किम् (kim): what

• एतत् (etat): this

• ईशे (īśe): O Lady / O sovereign one

• बहुशोभमाने (bahu-śobhamāne): O greatly shining one

• वा (vā): indeed / and

• अम्बिके (ambike): O Ambikā

• यक्षवपुः (yakṣa-vapuḥ): Yakṣa-form, a mysterious spirit-like form

• च (ca): and

• कः (kaḥ): who

• अस्ति (asti): is

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating); within the story, Indra and the Devas address Uma (Parvati)