द्वारपालपूजाWorship of the door-keepers
Verse 97
उग्रो भीमः प्रचण्डेशौ पूर्वद्वाःस्थाः प्रकीर्तिताः । जयन्तः क्षेत्रपालश्च नकुलेशो बृहच्छिराः । याम्यद्वारे पश्चिमे च वृकाश्वानन्ददुर्जयाः ॥ ९७ ॥
ugrō bhīmaḥ pracaṇḍēśau pūrvadvāḥsthāḥ prakīrtitāḥ | jayantaḥ kṣētrapālaśca nakulēśō bṛhacchirāḥ | yāmyadvārē paścimē ca vṛkāśvānandadurjayāḥ || 97 ||
Translation
Ugra, Bhīma, Pracaṇḍa and Īśa are declared to stand at the eastern door; Jayanta, Kṣetrapāla, Nakuleśa and Bṛhacchiras at the southern door; at the western, Vṛka, Aśva, Ānanda and Durjaya;
Word by word
- ugraḥ
- (ugraḥ) Ugra
- bhīmaḥ
- (bhīmaḥ) Bhīma
- pracaṇḍa
- Pracaṇḍa
- īśau
- (īśau) and Īśa
- pūrva
- the eastern
- dvāḥ
- (dvāḥ) at the door
- sthāḥ
- (sthāḥ) standing
- prakīrtitāḥ
- (prakīrtitāḥ) are declared
- jayantaḥ
- (jayantaḥ) Jayanta
- kṣētrapālaḥ
- (kṣetrapālaḥ) Kṣetrapāla
- ca
- and
- nakulēśaḥ
- (nakuleśaḥ) Nakuleśa
- bṛhacchirāḥ
- (bṛhacchirāḥ) Bṛhacchiras
- yāmya
- southern
- dvārē
- at the door
- paścimē
- at the western
- vṛka
- Vṛka
- aśva
- Aśva
- ānanda
- Ānanda
- durjayāḥ
- (durjayāḥ) and Durjaya
Meaning
Verses 97-98 name the sixteen door-keepers, four at each of the bhūpura's doors.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He tells the deities of the doors who are to be worshipped in two verses and a half, "ugraḥ bhīmaḥ" and the rest.