Shloka 73

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

सर्वेषां सिद्धियोगानाम् अधिष्ठानं तवोदरम् मध्ये ऽन्तरिक्षं विस्तीर्णं तारागणविभूषितम्

Transliteration

sarveṣāṃ siddhiyogānām adhiṣṭhānaṃ tavodaram madhye 'ntarikṣaṃ vistīrṇaṃ tārāgaṇavibhūṣitam

Translation

হে পতি! সকলো সিদ্ধিযোগৰ অধিষ্ঠান তোমাৰ উদৰ। তাৰ মাজত বিস্তীৰ্ণ অন্তৰিক্ষ প্ৰসাৰিত, তৰাগণৰে বিভূষিত—ইয়াৰ দ্বাৰা প্ৰকাশ পায় যে সমগ্ৰ বিশ্ব তোমাৰ ভিতৰতে অৱস্থিত।

Word by Word

• सर्वेषाम्: of all

• सिद्धि-योगानाम्: of yogas leading to siddhis/perfections

• अधिष्ठानम्: support, basis, substratum

• तव: Your

• उदरम्: belly, inner body (cosmic womb)

• मध्ये: in the middle/within

• अन्तरिक्षम्: mid-region, space between earth and heaven

• विस्तीर्णम्: vast, expanded

• तारागण-विभूषितम्: adorned with multitudes of stars

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a hymn-like description of Shiva’s cosmic form within the Purana’s dialogue frame)