Shloka 75

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

गणेश्वरैर् देवगणैश् च भृङ्गी सहावृतः सर्वगणेन्द्रवर्यः जगाम योगी त्रिपुरं निहन्तुं विमानमारुह्य यथा महेन्द्रः

Transliteration

gaṇeśvarair devagaṇaiś ca bhṛṅgī sahāvṛtaḥ sarvagaṇendravaryaḥ jagāma yogī tripuraṃ nihantuṃ vimānamāruhya yathā mahendraḥ

Translation

गणेश्वरैर्देवगणैश्च भृङ्ग्या सहावृतः सर्वगणेन्द्रवर्यः। जगाम योगी त्रिपुरं निहन्तुं विमानमारुह्य यथा महेन्द्रः॥

Word by Word

• गणेश्वरैः: by the Gaṇeśvaras (leaders of Śiva’s attendants)

• देवगणैः: by the divine hosts

• च: and

• भृङ्गी: Bhṛṅgī (Śiva’s attendant)

• सह: together with

• आवृतः: surrounded/encircled

• सर्वगणेन्द्रवर्यः: the foremost among all Gaṇa-lords

• जगाम: went/set forth

• योगी: the Yogin (Śiva as supreme ascetic-lord)

• त्रिपुरम्: Tripura (the triple cities/fortresses)

• निहन्तुम्: to slay/destroy

• विमानम्: aerial chariot/celestial car

• आरुह्य: having mounted/ascended

• यथा: like/as

• महेन्द्रः: Mahendra (Indra).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)