Shloka 3
ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्
Devanagari script
नमः क्षेत्राधिपतये बीजिने शूलिने नमः सुमेढ्रायार्च्यमेढ्राय दण्डिने रूक्षरेतसे
Transliteration
namaḥ kṣetrādhipataye bījine śūline namaḥ sumeḍhrāyārcyameḍhrāya daṇḍine rūkṣaretase
Translation
Salutations to the Lord of the sacred kṣetra, to the Seed-bearing One (Bījin), to the Trident-holder. Salutations to Him of pure generative power, to Him whose virility is worthy of worship, to the Staff-bearer (Daṇḍin), to Him whose potency is austere and unspent.
Word by Word
namaḥsalutations
namaḥ:
kṣetra-adhipatayeto the Lord/guardian of the sacred field (kṣetra)
kṣetra-adhipataye:
bījineto the Seeded/seed-bearing One (source of manifestation)
bījine:
śūlineto the trident-bearer
śūline:
sumeḍhrāyato Him of pure/auspicious generative power
sumeḍhrāya:
arcya-meḍhrāyato Him whose generative potency is venerable/worthy of worship
arcya-meḍhrāya:
daṇḍineto the staff-bearing ascetic/lord of discipline
daṇḍine:
rūkṣa-retaseto Him whose semen/potency is dry/austere (signifying restraint, tapas, and mastery of śakti)
rūkṣa-retase:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-stuti within the Linga Purana’s Purva-Bhaga context)