• giri-śa — by Lord Śiva
  Compound from synonyms (giri + śa). Śiva as the lord of Mount Kailāsa — a name that locates him within creation, beneath Bhagavān. Even his 'tathā iti' is a delegated word; the real iti must come from Viṣṇu.
• para-puram-jayaḥ — who conquers the cities of the enemy
  Contiguous join from synonyms (para + puram + jayaḥ). Maya's epithet — the conqueror of enemy cities. Bhāgavata irony: the city-conqueror builds the city that Kṛṣṇa will conquer. The architect's own title rebounds on his patron.
• saubham — named Saubha
  From su + bhū — 'well-being.' The flying city's name claims auspiciousness; the verse will steadily empty the claim. Names in the Bhāgavatam mean what bhakti makes them mean: Saubha in Kṛṣṇa-virodha becomes durbhāgya.
• ayaḥ-mayam — made of iron
  Contiguous join (ayaḥ + mayam). Iron — heavy, dark, sub-lustrous. Gauḍīyas read material kāma-vehicles as ayaḥ-maya: heavy with karma, however fast they fly. The mantra-mūrti of Kṛṣṇa is hema-maya (golden); the asura's craft is iron.
• mayaḥ — Maya Dānava
  The asuric architect — namesake of māyā in its illusory sense. The Bhāgavatam quietly puns: Maya builds māyā-mayam saubham (cf. verse 21). The architect is the illusion is the city; one mistake-cluster, three names.

• Padaseva Pr SB 10-76-07 Oriya
  His Grace Padaseva Prabhu· Oriya

Like the master architect of a hostile court who builds dazzling halls for a doomed king, Maya Dānava fashions Saubha — wondrous iron in the sky, yet only a longer corridor toward the inevitable meeting with Kṛṣṇa.