ददृशुस्तत्र ते रम्यामलकां नाम वै पुरीम् । वनं सौगन्धिकं चापि यत्र तन्नाम पङ्कजम् ॥ २३ ॥
dadrsus tatra te ramyam alakam nama vai purim vanam saugandhikam capi yatra tan-nama pankajam
- dadrsuh
- saw
- tatra
- there (in Kailasa)
- te
- they (the demigods)
- ramyam
- very attractive
- alakam
- Alaka
- nama
- known as
- vai
- indeed
- purim
- abode
- vanam
- forest
- saugandhikam
- Saugandhika
- ca
- and
- api
- even
- yatra
- in which place
- tat-nama
- known by that name
- pankajam
- species of lotus flowers.
Thus the demigods saw the wonderfully beautiful region known as Alaka in the forest known as Saugandhika, which means full of fragrance The forest is known as Saugandhika because of its abundance of lotus flowers.