Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 6.20.8, English translation, including word-by-word: This text represents a Vaishnava scripture which narrates the life Krishna, It was composed in seventeen cantos by Garga Muni: an ancient sage and priest of the Yadu dynasty having. This is verse 6 of Chapter 20 (In the Description of the Second Fort, the Glories of Indra-tirtha, Brahma-tirtha, Surya-kunda, Nailalohita-tirtha, and Sapta-samudra-tirtha) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).
Verse 6.20.8
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
तथा वै उत्तरे द्वारे
क्शेत्रं स्यान् नैललोहितम्
यत्र साक्शान् महा-देवो
राजते नीललोहितः
tathā vai uttare dvāre
kśetraṃ syān nailalohitam
yatra sākśān mahā-devo
rājate nīlalohitaḥ
tathā—so; vai—indeed; uttare—at the northern; dvāre—gate; kśetram—the place; syān—is; nailalohitam—Nailalohita; yatra—where; sākśāt—directly; mahā- devaḥ—Lord Śiva; rājate—is splendidly manifested; nīlalohitaḥ—as Nīlalohita.
English translation of verse 6.20.8:
At the northern gate is Nailalohita-tīrtha, where Lord Śiva is splendidly manifested in his form of Nīlalohita.