Shloka 48
ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्
Devanagari script
महासंध्याभ्रवर्णाय चारुदीप्ताय दीक्षिणे नमः कमलहस्ताय दिग्वासाय कपर्दिने
Transliteration
mahāsaṃdhyābhravarṇāya cārudīptāya dīkṣiṇe namaḥ kamalahastāya digvāsāya kapardine
Translation
Salutations to the Initiate Lord, whose hue is like the cloud-mass of the great twilight and whose radiance is auspicious and beautiful; salutations to Him whose hand is like a lotus, to the Sky-clad Ascetic, to the One who bears the matted coil of hair.
Word by Word
mahā-saṃdhyāthe great twilight (cosmic junction of day and night)
mahā-saṃdhyā:
abhra-varṇāyaof cloud-like complexion
abhra-varṇāya:
cāru-dīptāyato the beautifully radiant one
cāru-dīptāya:
dīkṣiṇeto the consecrated/initiated Lord (bestower of dīkṣā)
dīkṣiṇe:
namaḥsalutations
namaḥ:
kamala-hastāyato the lotus-handed one
kamala-hastāya:
dig-vāsāyato the one clothed by the directions (sky-clad renunciate)
dig-vāsāya:
kapardineto the bearer of a kaparda (matted hair-coil/topknot)
kapardine:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-stuti within the Linga Purana discourse)