श्रीनारद उवाच पौरोहित्याय भगवान्वृत: काव्य: किलासुरै: । षण्डामर्कौ सुतौ तस्य दैत्यराजगृहान्तिके ॥ १ ॥
sri-narada uvaca paurohityaya bhagavan vrtah kavyah kilasuraih sandamarkau sutau tasya daitya-raja-grhantike
- sri-naradah uvaca
- the great saint Narada said
- paurohityaya
- to work as priest
- bhagavan
- the most powerful
- vrtah
- chosen
- kavyah
- Sukracarya
- kila
- indeed
- asuraih
- by the demons
- sanda-amarkau
- Sanda and Amarka
- sutau
- sons
- tasya
- of him
- daitya-raja
- of the King of the demons, Hiranyakasipu
- grha-antike
- near the residence.
The great saint Narada Muni said: The demons, headed by Hiranyakasipu, accepted Sukracarya as their priest for ritualistic ceremonies. Sukracarya’s two sons, Sanda and Amarka, lived near Hiranyakasipu’s palace.