Shloka 10

Shivamurti–Pratishtha Phala: Shivalaya-Nirmana, Kshetra-Mahatmya, Tirtha-Snana, and Mandala-Vidhi

Devanagari script

मन्दराद्रिप्रतीकाशैर् विमानैर्विश्वतोमुखैः अप्सरोगणसंकीर्णैर् देवदानवदुर्लभैः

Transliteration

mandarādripratīkāśair vimānairviśvatomukhaiḥ apsarogaṇasaṃkīrṇair devadānavadurlabhaiḥ

Translation

मन्दराद्रिप्रतीकाशैर्विमानैर्विश्वतोमुखैः, अप्सरोगणसंकीर्णैर्देवदानवदुर्लभैः (ते समाययुः)।

Word by Word

• मन्दर-अद्रि-प्रतीकाशैः: resembling Mount Mandara

• विमानैः: with vimānas (celestial chariots)

• विश्वतः-मुखैः: facing all directions, many-fronted

• अप्सरो-गण-संकीर्णैः: crowded with groups of apsarās

• देव-दानव-दुर्लभैः: difficult to obtain even for devas and dānavas

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)