पुरा in the olden days, देवे when Iswara, तप: तप्यमाने engaged in austerities, सर्षिगणा: together with ascetics, देवा: devatas, सेनापतिम् army general, अभीप्सन्त: desirous of obtaining, पितामहम् lord Brahma, उपागमन् approached.
In olden days when Iswara was engaged in austerities, the devatas together with the ascetics, approached Lord Brahma for an army general.