sri-sukah uvaca -- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; atha -- then; brahma -- Lord Brahma; atma-jaih -- by his sons (headed by Sanaka); devaih -- by the demigods; praja-isaih -- and hy the progenitors of universal population (headed by Marici); avritah -- surrounded; abhyagat -- went (to Dvaraka); bhavah -- Lord Siva; ca -- also; bhuta -- to all living beings; bhavya-isah -- the bestower of auspiciousness; yayau -- went; bhuta ganaih -- by the hordes of ghostly creatures; vritah -- surrounded.

Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: Lord Brahma then set off for Dvaraka, accompanied by his own sons as well as by the demigods and the great Prajapatis. Lord Siva, the bestower of auspiciousness to all living beings, also went, surrounded by many ghostly creatures.