uttamaḥ - Uttama; tu - but; akṛta - without; udvāhaḥ - marriage; mṛgayāyām - on a hunting excursion; balīyasā - very powerful; hataḥ - was killed; puṇya-janena - by a Yakṣa; adrau - on the Himalaya Mountains; tat - his; mātā - mother (Suruci); asya - of her son; gatim - way; gatā - followed.

Dhruva Mahārāja’s younger brother Uttama, who was still unmarried, once went on a hunting excursion and was killed by a powerful Yakṣa in the Himālaya Mountains. Along with him, his mother, Suruci, also followed the path of her son [she died].