Shloka 83

अविमुक्तक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य — काशी-वाराणसी में मोक्ष, लिङ्ग-तीर्थ-मानचित्र, और उपासना-विधि

Devanagari script

आदावत्राहमागम्य प्रस्थितो गणपैः सह ज्येष्ठस्थानमिदं तस्माद् एतन्मे पुण्यदर्शनम्

Transliteration

ādāvatrāhamāgamya prasthito gaṇapaiḥ saha jyeṣṭhasthānamidaṃ tasmād etanme puṇyadarśanam

Translation

आदौ अहम् अत्र आगम्य गणपैः सह प्रस्थितः; तस्माद् एतज्ज्येष्ठस्थानं, एतन्मे पुण्यदर्शनम्।

Word by Word

• ādau: in the beginning

• atra: here

• aham: I

• āgamya: having come/arrived

• prasthitaḥ: set forth/departed

• gaṇapaiḥ: with the Gaṇas (Śiva’s attendants)

• saha: together with

• jyeṣṭha-sthānam: the foremost/elder sacred place (supreme seat)

• idam: this

• tasmāt: therefore/for that reason

• etat: this

• me: for me/to me

• puṇya-darśanam: meritorious sight/auspicious दर्शन

Speaker

Shiva (implied, recalling his primal arrival with the Gaṇas; framed within Sūta’s narration)