śrī-śukaḥ uvāca - Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; atha - then; brahmā - Lord Brahmā; ātma-jaiḥ - by his sons (headed by Sanaka); devaiḥ - by the demigods; prajā-īśaiḥ - and hy the progenitors of universal population (headed by Marīci); āvṛtaḥ - surrounded; abhyagāt - went (to Dvārakā); bhavaḥ - Lord Śiva; ca - also; bhūta - to all living beings; bhavya-īśaḥ - the bestower of auspiciousness; yayau - went; bhūta gaṇaiḥ - by the hordes of ghostly creatures; vṛtaḥ - surrounded.

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Lord Brahmā then set off for Dvārakā, accompanied by his own sons as well as by the demigods and the great Prajāpatis. Lord Śiva, the bestower of auspiciousness to all living beings, also went, surrounded by many ghostly creatures.