Shloka 22

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

Devanagari script

यत्र मन्दाकिनी नाम नलिनी विपुलोदका सुवर्णमणिसोपाना कुबेरशिखरे शुभे

Transliteration

yatra mandākinī nāma nalinī vipulodakā suvarṇamaṇisopānā kuberaśikhare śubhe

Translation

Ali, no auspicioso pico de Kubera, encontra-se o lago de lótus chamado Mandākinī, abundante em vastas águas. Suas margens são moldadas com degraus de ouro e gemas: um tīrtha santificador, digno da adoração a Pati, o Senhor Śiva.

Word by Word

• yatra: where

• mandākinī nāma: named Mandākinī

• nalinī: lotus-lake / lake with lotuses

• vipula-udakā: having abundant waters

• suvarṇa: gold

• maṇi: jewels

• sopānā: with steps / stairways (ghāṭs)

• kubera-śikhare: on Kubera’s peak

• śubhe: auspicious, благотворный

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)