Shloka 46

एकार्णव-सृष्टिक्रमः, ब्रह्म-विष्णु-परस्परप्रवेशः, शिवस्य आगमनं च

Devanagari script

आशु द्वाराणि सर्वाणि पिहितानि समन्ततः ततो मया महाभाग संचिन्त्य स्वेन तेजसा

Transliteration

āśu dvārāṇi sarvāṇi pihitāni samantataḥ tato mayā mahābhāga saṃcintya svena tejasā

Translation

Schnell wurden alle Tore ringsum von allen Seiten verschlossen. Da sann ich, o Hochbegnadeter, nach und fasste den Entschluss, aus meinem eigenen Tejas, meinem inneren Glanz, zu handeln.

Word by Word

• आशु: swiftly

• द्वाराणि: gates/doors

• सर्वाणि: all

• पिहितानि: closed/shut

• समन्ततः: on all sides/everywhere

• ततः: then/thereupon

• मया: by me/I

• महाभाग: O noble one/O greatly fortunate one

• संचिन्त्य: having reflected/considered

• स्वेन: by one’s own/with my own

• तेजसा: by radiance/energy/spiritual potency (tejas)

Speaker

Suta (narrating an internal first-person account within the Linga Purana’s Purva-Bhaga narrative)