Shloka 30

विष्णुरुवाच—एकाक्षर-प्रणव-लिङ्ग-व्याप्ति-शिवस्तोत्रम्

Devanagari script

अर्धनारीशरीराय अव्यक्ताय नमोनमः एकादशविभेदाय स्थाणवे ते नमः सदा

Transliteration

ardhanārīśarīrāya avyaktāya namonamaḥ ekādaśavibhedāya sthāṇave te namaḥ sadā

Translation

অর্ধনাৰীশ্বৰ—যাঁৰ দেহ অর্ধ-নাৰী—সেই অব্যক্তক পুনঃপুনঃ নমঃ। হে স্থাণু, একাদশ ভেদে প্ৰকাশিত তোমাক সদা নমস্কাৰ।

Word by Word

• अर्ध-नारी-शरीराय: to the Lord whose body is half woman (Ardhanarishvara)

• अव्यक्ताय: to the Unmanifest, beyond sensory grasp

• नमो नमः: repeated salutations

• एकादश-विभेदाय: to the One having eleven divisions/forms (often understood as the eleven Rudras or elevenfold manifestation)

• स्थाणवे: to Sthanu, the Immovable/Steadfast Lord (a name of Shiva)

• ते: to You

• नमः: bow/salutation

• सदा: always, eternally

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a traditional Shiva-stuti within the Linga Purana discourse)