Shloka 17
ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्
Devanagari script
विद्यानां प्रभवे चैव विद्याधिपतये नमः नमो व्रताधिपतये व्रतानां प्रभवे नमः
Transliteration
vidyānāṃ prabhave caiva vidyādhipataye namaḥ namo vratādhipataye vratānāṃ prabhave namaḥ
Translation
Salutations to You, the very source of all knowledges, and to the Lord who presides over knowledge. Salutations to the Lord of sacred observances (vratas), and again salutations to You, the fountainhead from which all vows and disciplines arise.
Word by Word
vidyānāmof knowledges (sciences, spiritual insights)
vidyānām:
prabhaveto the source/origin
prabhave:
ca evaand indeed
ca eva:
vidyā-adhipatayeto the overlord/presiding Lord of knowledge
vidyā-adhipataye:
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
vrata-adhipatayeto the Lord of vows/observances
vrata-adhipataye:
vratānāmof vows/holy disciplines
vratānām:
prabhaveto the source/origin
prabhave:
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-stuti within the Linga Purana discourse)