Shloka 8

Adhyaya 61 — ग्रह-नक्षत्र-स्थाननिर्णयः

Cosmic Abodes of Luminaries and the Shaiva Order of Time

Devanagari script

वसन्ति सर्वदेवाश् च स्थानान्येतानि सर्वशः मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु ऋक्षसूर्यग्रहाश्रयाः

Transliteration

vasanti sarvadevāś ca sthānānyetāni sarvaśaḥ manvantareṣu sarveṣu ṛkṣasūryagrahāśrayāḥ

Translation

ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਸਭ ਸਥਾਨਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਾਰੇ ਦੇਵਤਾ ਹਰ ਥਾਂ ਵੱਸਦੇ ਹਨ; ਸਭ ਮਨਵੰਤਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਹ ਨਕਸ਼ਤਰਾਂ, ਸੂਰਜ ਅਤੇ ਗ੍ਰਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਆਸਰਾ-ਆਧਾਰ ਬਣੇ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ।

Word by Word

• वसन्ति: dwell, reside

• सर्वदेवाः: all the gods

• च: and

• स्थानानि: places, abodes

• एतानि: these

• सर्वशः: in every way, everywhere

• मन्वन्तरेषु: in the Manvantaras (cosmic eras ruled by Manus)

• सर्वेषु: in all

• ऋक्ष: constellations/lunar mansions (nakṣatras)

• सूर्य: the Sun

• ग्रह: planets

• आश्रयाः: supports, resting-place, foundation

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)