Shloka 12

पीतवासा-कल्पः, माहेश्वरी-दर्शनम्, रौद्री-गायत्री, महायोगेन अपुनर्भवः

Devanagari script

ततस्तां ध्यानयोगेन विदित्वा परमेश्वरीम् ब्रह्मा लोकगुरोः सो ऽथ प्रतिपेदे महेश्वरीम्

Transliteration

tatastāṃ dhyānayogena viditvā parameśvarīm brahmā lokaguroḥ so 'tha pratipede maheśvarīm

Translation

Darauf erkannte Brahmā durch die Übung des meditativen Yoga die höchste Göttin; und durch die Gnade des Guru der Welten erlangte er die wahre Erkenntnis Maheśvarīs.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then

• tāṁ: her

• dhyāna-yogena: by the yoga of meditation

• viditvā: having known/realized

• parameśvarīm: the Supreme Sovereign Goddess

• brahmā: Brahmā

• loka-guroḥ: of the Guru of the worlds (the cosmic teacher, i.e., Maheśvara/Śiva)

• saḥ: he

• atha: then/thereupon

• pratipede: attained/obtained/entered into realization

• maheśvarīm: Maheśvarī (Śiva’s supreme Śakti).

Speaker

Suta (narrating Brahma’s realization within the Purana’s frame)