Shloka 34
Adhyaya 75: Nishkala–Sakala Shiva, Twofold Linga, and the Supremacy of Dhyana-Yajna
Devanagari script
यथा शिवस् तथा देवी यथा देवी तथा शिवः तस्मादभेदबुद्ध्यैव सप्तविंशत्प्रभेदतः
Transliteration
yathā śivas tathā devī yathā devī tathā śivaḥ tasmādabhedabuddhyaiva saptaviṃśatprabhedataḥ
Translation
Wie Śiva ist, so ist die Göttin; und wie die Göttin ist, so ist Śiva. Darum halte man die Einsicht in ihre Nicht-Verschiedenheit fest, auch wenn von ihnen in siebenundzwanzigfachen Einteilungen gesprochen wird.
Word by Word
yathājust as
yathā:
śivaḥLord Shiva (Pati)
śivaḥ:
tathāso, in the same way
tathā:
devīthe Goddess (Shakti)
devī:
tasmāttherefore
tasmāt:
abheda-buddhyāwith the cognition of non-difference (abheda-jñāna)
abheda-buddhyā:
evaindeed/alone
eva:
saptaviṃśattwenty-seven
saptaviṃśat:
prabhedataḥby way of distinctions/classifications
prabhedataḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana’s doctrine to the sages of Naimisharanya)