Shloka 73

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

सर्वेषां सिद्धियोगानाम् अधिष्ठानं तवोदरम् मध्ये ऽन्तरिक्षं विस्तीर्णं तारागणविभूषितम्

Transliteration

sarveṣāṃ siddhiyogānām adhiṣṭhānaṃ tavodaram madhye 'ntarikṣaṃ vistīrṇaṃ tārāgaṇavibhūṣitam

Translation

O Pati, Your very belly is the supporting ground of all yogic perfections. Within it lies the vast expanse of the mid-space (antarikṣa), spread out and adorned with hosts of stars—revealing that the cosmos itself abides in You.

Word by Word

• सर्वेषाम्: of all

• सिद्धि-योगानाम्: of yogas leading to siddhis/perfections

• अधिष्ठानम्: support, basis, substratum

• तव: Your

• उदरम्: belly, inner body (cosmic womb)

• मध्ये: in the middle/within

• अन्तरिक्षम्: mid-region, space between earth and heaven

• विस्तीर्णम्: vast, expanded

• तारागण-विभूषितम्: adorned with multitudes of stars

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a hymn-like description of Shiva’s cosmic form within the Purana’s dialogue frame)