Shloka 98

देवादिसृष्टिकथनम् (वसिष्ठशोकः, पराशरजन्म, एकलिङ्गपूजा, रुद्रदर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

मातरं च महाभागां कल्याणीं पतिदेवताम् अरुन्धतीं जगन्नाथनियोगात्प्राह शक्तिमान्

Transliteration

mātaraṃ ca mahābhāgāṃ kalyāṇīṃ patidevatām arundhatīṃ jagannāthaniyogātprāha śaktimān

Translation

জগন্নাথৰ নিয়োগে শক্তিমান ক’লে—এই অৰুন্ধতী মোৰ মাতা; তেওঁ মহাভাগ্যৱতী, কল্যাণময়ী আৰু পতিকে দেৱতা জ্ঞান কৰা।

Word by Word

• मातरम्: mother

• च: and

• महाभागाम्: greatly fortunate, illustrious

• कल्याणीम्: auspicious, virtuous

• पतिदेवताम्: one for whom the husband is (as) a deity, devoted wife

• अरुन्धतीम्: Arundhatī

• जगन्नाथ-नियोगात्: by the injunction/command of Jagannātha (Lord of the world)

• प्राह: said, spoke

• शक्तिमान्: the powerful one

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the internal account within the Linga Purana)