Canto 7: The Science of GodChapter 10: Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.10.69

evam dagdhvā puras tisro

bhagavān pura- nripa

brahmādibhih stūyamānah

svam dhāma pratyapadyata

SYNONYMS

evam — thus; dagdhvā — burning to ashes; purah tisrah — the three residences of the demons; bhagavān — the supreme powerful; pura- — who annihilated the residences of the asuras; nripaO King Yudhishthira; brahma-ādibhih — by Lord Brahmā and other demigods; stūyamānah — being worshiped; svamto his own; dhāma — abode; pratyapadyata — returned.

TRANSLATION

O King Yudhishthira, thus Lord Śiva is known as Tripurāri, the annihilator of the three dwellings of the demons, because he burnt these dwellings to ashes. Being worshiped by the demigods, headed by Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva returned to his own abode.

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