ब्रह्मणे प्रददौ पत्नीं महालक्ष्मीर्नृप त्रयीम्। रुद्राय गौरीं वरदां वासुदेवाय च श्रियम् ॥ २६ ॥
brahmaṇē pradadau patnīṁ mahālakṣmīrnṛpa trayīm | rudrāya gaurīṁ varadāṁ vāsudēvāya ca śriyam || 26 ||
Translation
Then, O king, Mahālakṣmī gave Trayī as wife to Brahmā, the boon-giving Gaurī to Rudra and Śrī to Vāsudeva.
Word by word
- brahmaṇē
- to Brahmā
- pradadau
- gave
- patnīm
- as wife
- mahālakṣmīḥ
- Mahālakṣmī
- nṛpa
- O king
- trayīm
- Trayī
- rudrāya
- to Rudra
- gaurīm
- Gaurī
- varadām
- the boon-giving
- vāsudēvāya
- to Vāsudeva
- ca
- and
- śriyam
- Śrī
Meaning
The marriages are crossed: Sarasvatī (Trayī), born of Mahākālī, weds Brahmā; Gaurī, born of Sarasvatī, weds Rudra; and Lakṣmī, born of Mahālakṣmī, weds Viṣṇu.