Shloka 175

Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्

Devanagari script

तस्मात् सनत्कुमारेति नामास्येह प्रकीर्तितम् सनन्दं सनकं चैव विद्वांसं च सनातनम्

Transliteration

tasmāt sanatkumāreti nāmāsyeha prakīrtitam sanandaṃ sanakaṃ caiva vidvāṃsaṃ ca sanātanam

Translation

অতএব এখানে তাঁর নাম ‘সনৎকুমার’ বলে কীর্তিত হয়েছে; এবং সনন্দ, সনক ও জ্ঞানী সনাতনও ঘোষিত হয়েছেন।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore

• सनत्कुमारेति: as ‘Sanatkumāra’

• नाम: name

• अस्य: of him/this one

• इह: here (in this narrative)

• प्रकीर्तितम्: is proclaimed/celebrated

• सनन्दम्: Sananda

• सनकम्: Sanaka

• च एव: and indeed

• विद्वांसम्: the wise/learned one

• च: and

• सनातनम्: Sanātana (the eternal one, a sage-name).

Speaker

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