Shloka 119

Adhyaya 71: पुरत्रयवृत्तान्तः—ब्रह्मवरदानम्, मयकृतत्रिपुर-निर्माणम्, विष्णुमाया-धर्मविघ्नः, शिवस्तुति, त्रिपुरदाहोपक्रमः

Devanagari script

पुरत्रयविनाशं च करिष्ये ऽहं सुरोत्तमाः सूत उवाच अथ सब्रह्मका देवाः सेन्द्रोपेन्द्राः समागताः

Transliteration

puratrayavināśaṃ ca kariṣye 'haṃ surottamāḥ sūta uvāca atha sabrahmakā devāḥ sendropendrāḥ samāgatāḥ

Translation

“ਹੇ ਸੁਰੋਤਮੋ, ਮੈਂ ਨਿਸ਼ਚਿਤ ਹੀ ਤ੍ਰਿਪੁਰ (ਪੁਰਤ੍ਰਯ) ਦਾ ਵਿਨਾਸ਼ ਕਰਾਂਗਾ।” ਸੂਤ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—ਤਦ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਸਮੇਤ, ਇੰਦਰ ਅਤੇ ਉਪੇਂਦਰ (ਵਿਸ਼ਣੂ) ਸਮੇਤ ਦੇਵ ਇਕੱਠੇ ਹੋਏ।

Word by Word

• पुरत्रय-विनाशम्: destruction of the three cities (Tripura)

• च: and

• करिष्ये: I shall do/perform

• अहम्: I

• सुर-उत्तमाः: O best of the gods

• सूत उवाच: Sūta said

• अथ: then

• स-ब्रह्मकाः: together with Brahmā

• देवाः: the gods

• स-इन्द्र-उपेन्द्राः: with Indra and Upendra (Viṣṇu)

• समागताः: assembled/arrived together

Speaker

Suta (narrator); the first sentence is a quoted declaration within the narrative (speaker implied by context as a divine agent of Tripura’s destruction, typically Shiva or one speaking on Shiva’s behalf).