Shloka 5

सप्तद्वीप-सप्तसमुद्र-वर्णनम् तथा प्रियव्रतवंश-राज्यविभागः

Devanagari script

समुद्रेष्विह सर्वेषु सर्वदा सगणः शिवः जलरूपी भवः श्रीमान् क्रीडते चोर्मिबाहुभिः

Transliteration

samudreṣviha sarveṣu sarvadā sagaṇaḥ śivaḥ jalarūpī bhavaḥ śrīmān krīḍate cormibāhubhiḥ

Translation

في جميع المحيطات هنا، في كل حين، يقيم الرب شيفا—مع غَناته—بوصفه بهافا المبارك في هيئة الماء نفسها؛ جليلَ الجوهر، يلهو بأذرع الأمواج.

Word by Word

• समुद्रेषु: in the oceans

• इह: here (in this world)

• सर्वेषु: in all

• सर्वदा: always

• स-गणः: together with the Gaṇas (attendant hosts)

• शिवः: Śiva

• जल-रूपी: having the form of water

• भवः: Bhava (a name of Śiva, the Lord who becomes/causes becoming)

• श्रीमान्: glorious, auspicious, radiant

• क्रीडते: plays, sports

• च: and

• ऊर्मि-बाहुभिः: with wave-arms (waves as arms)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)