Shloka 157
वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)
Devanagari script
कला काष्ठा लवो मात्रा मुहूर्तो ऽहः क्षपा क्षणः विश्वक्षेत्रप्रदो बीजं लिङ्गमाद्यस्तु निर्मुखः
Transliteration
kalā kāṣṭhā lavo mātrā muhūrto 'haḥ kṣapā kṣaṇaḥ viśvakṣetraprado bījaṃ liṅgamādyastu nirmukhaḥ
Translation
তেওঁেই কালস্বৰূপ—কলা, কাষ্ঠা, লৱ, মাত্রা, মুহূৰ্ত, দিন, ৰাতি আৰু ক্ষণ। তেওঁ বিশ্বক্ষেত্ৰৰ দাতা আৰু বীজস্বৰূপ; তেওঁ আদ্য লিঙ্গ, অনাদি, নির্মুখ—সীমাবদ্ধ ৰূপৰ অতীত॥
Word by Word
kalāa unit/part of time
kalā:
kāṣṭhāa measure of time
kāṣṭhā:
lavaḥa minute fraction of time
lavaḥ:
mātrāa measure/instant
mātrā:
muhūrtaḥa muhūrta (traditional time period)
muhūrtaḥ:
ahaḥday
ahaḥ:
kṣapānight
kṣapā:
kṣaṇaḥmoment
kṣaṇaḥ:
viśva-kṣetra-pradaḥgiver/bestower of the universe as a field (of experience/action)
viśva-kṣetra-pradaḥ:
bījamseed, causal source
bījam:
liṅgamthe Linga, sign of the Absolute, Shiva’s aniconic form
liṅgam:
ādyaḥprimordial, first
ādyaḥ:
tuindeed
tu:
nirmukhaḥfaceless, without a (limited) mouth/face, formless/transcendent
nirmukhaḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)