Shloka 84

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

Devanagari script

समावृत्य महादेवं देवदेवं महेश्वरम् दग्धुं पुरत्रयं जग्मुः कोटिकोटिगणैर्वृताः

Transliteration

samāvṛtya mahādevaṃ devadevaṃ maheśvaram dagdhuṃ puratrayaṃ jagmuḥ koṭikoṭigaṇairvṛtāḥ

Translation

انہوں نے مہادیو—دیوتاؤں کے دیوتا مہیشور—کو گھیر لیا، اور کروڑوں کروڑ گنوں کے ساتھ، تری پور (تین نگر) کو جلا دینے کے لیے روانہ ہوئے۔

Word by Word

• समावृत्य: having surrounded/encircled

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva (the Great God)

• देवदेवम्: the God of gods

• महेश्वरम्: Maheśvara, the Supreme Lord (Pati)

• दग्धुम्: to burn, to reduce to ashes

• पुरत्रयम्: the three cities (Tripura)

• जग्मुः: they went, they proceeded

• कोटिकोटिगणैः: by crores upon crores of gaṇas (Śiva’s hosts)

• वृताः: surrounded, attended, encompassed

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)