DEVI BHAAGAVATAM - SKANDA 12
12#12a. Devi's world (1)
This navaratna palace is situated in the centre of all the enclosures. There are the four MaNdapams on its four sides, built on innumerable pillars.
These are the SringAra Mandapam, Mukti MaNdapam, GNAna MaNdapam and EkAntaMaNdapam. Canopies of various colours decorate these MaNdapams.
They are filled with the sweet scent of incense sticks. The brilliance of each of these Mandapams will make ten million Suns put together look pale. On the sides of these MaNdapams there are flower gardens with Kashmira, Mallika and Kunda flowers.
There is a very big lotus tank - the steps leading to which are made of gems and jewels. Its water is nectar. In it are many fully bloomed lotus flowers with the bees humming and hovering over them.
Within the SringAra Mandapam, Devi would sit in the centre and listen to the songs sung by the other Devis along with the DevAs.
She frees the Jeevas from the bondages of the world, when she is in the MuktiManadapm. She gives instruction on GnAnA while she is in the GnAna MaNdapam. She consults her ministers and assistants sitting in the EkAnta MaNdapam.
12#12a. Devi's world (1)
This navaratna palace is situated in the centre of all the enclosures. There are the four MaNdapams on its four sides, built on innumerable pillars.
These are the SringAra Mandapam, Mukti MaNdapam, GNAna MaNdapam and EkAntaMaNdapam. Canopies of various colours decorate these MaNdapams.
They are filled with the sweet scent of incense sticks. The brilliance of each of these Mandapams will make ten million Suns put together look pale. On the sides of these MaNdapams there are flower gardens with Kashmira, Mallika and Kunda flowers.
There is a very big lotus tank - the steps leading to which are made of gems and jewels. Its water is nectar. In it are many fully bloomed lotus flowers with the bees humming and hovering over them.
Within the SringAra Mandapam, Devi would sit in the centre and listen to the songs sung by the other Devis along with the DevAs.
She frees the Jeevas from the bondages of the world, when she is in the MuktiManadapm. She gives instruction on GnAnA while she is in the GnAna MaNdapam. She consults her ministers and assistants sitting in the EkAnta MaNdapam.