Shloka 1

Bhūtavana–Kailāsa–Mandākinī–Rudrapurī: Śiva’s Jeweled Abodes and Perpetual Worship

Devanagari script

इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे भुवनविन्यासोद्देशस्थानवर्णनं नाम पञ्चाशत्तमो ऽध्यायः सूत उवाच देवकूटे गिरौ मध्ये महाकूटे सुशोभने हेमवैडूर्यमाणिक्यनीलगोमेदकान्तिभिः

Transliteration

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge bhuvanavinyāsoddeśasthānavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca devakūṭe girau madhye mahākūṭe suśobhane hemavaiḍūryamāṇikyanīlagomedakāntibhiḥ

Translation

Assim, no Śrī Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa, na seção Pūrvabhāga, inicia-se o quinquagésimo capítulo chamado “Descrição dos lugares indicados na disposição dos mundos”. Sūta disse: No monte Devakūṭa, no meio do esplêndido Mahākūṭa, ele resplandecia com o brilho do ouro, do berilo, do rubi, da safira e da gema gomeda.

Word by Word

• iti: thus

• śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇe: in the glorious Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa

• pūrva-bhāge: in the first section (Pūrvabhāga)

• bhuvana-vinyāsa: arrangement/disposition of the worlds

• uddeśa-sthāna: indicated places/locations

• varṇanam: description

• nāma: named/called

• pañcāśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ: the fiftieth chapter (traditional colophon)

• sūta uvāca: Sūta said

• devakūṭe: on Devakūṭa (divine peak)

• girau: on the mountain

• madhye: in the middle

• mahākūṭe: in Mahākūṭa (the great peak)

• suśobhane: very splendid/beautiful

• hema: gold

• vaiḍūrya: beryl/cat’s-eye gemstone

• māṇikya: ruby

• nīla: sapphire/blue gem

• gomeda: hessonite/gomedaka

• kāntibhiḥ: with radiances/splendors

Speaker

Suta (Suta Goswami)