Shloka 22

शिवार्चनविधिः — देवतानां पाशुपतव्रतप्राप्तिः तथा पशुपाशविमोक्षणम् (अध्याय ८०)

Devanagari script

अष्टमं नवमं चैव दशमं च पुरोत्तमम् अतीत्यासाद्य देवस्य पुरं शंभोः सुशोभनम्

Transliteration

aṣṭamaṃ navamaṃ caiva daśamaṃ ca purottamam atītyāsādya devasya puraṃ śaṃbhoḥ suśobhanam

Translation

ਅੱਠਵੇਂ, ਨੌਵੇਂ ਅਤੇ ਦਸਵੇਂ—ਉਹ ਉੱਤਮ ਪੁਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਲੰਘ ਕੇ—ਉਹ ਆਖ਼ਿਰਕਾਰ ਦੇਵ ਸ਼ੰਭੂ (ਸ਼ਿਵ) ਦੇ ਬਹੁਤ ਹੀ ਸੁੰਦਰ ਨਗਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਪਹੁੰਚ ਗਈਆਂ।

Word by Word

• अष्टमम्: the eighth (city/realm/fort)

• नवमम्: the ninth

• च एव: and indeed

• दशमम्: the tenth

• च: and

• पुरोत्तमम्: the most excellent among cities/fortresses

• अतीत्य: having passed beyond, transcending

• आसाद्य: having reached, arriving at

• देवस्य: of the God (the Lord)

• पुरम्: city, divine abode

• शंभोः: of Śambhu (Śiva as Pati)

• सुशोभनम्: very beautiful, splendid

Speaker

Suta Goswami