Shloka 9
ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्
Devanagari script
महोदधीनां प्रभवे द्वीपानां प्रभवे नमः अद्रीणां प्रभवे चैव वर्षाणां प्रभवे नमः
Transliteration
mahodadhīnāṃ prabhave dvīpānāṃ prabhave namaḥ adrīṇāṃ prabhave caiva varṣāṇāṃ prabhave namaḥ
Translation
Salutations to the Lord who is the Source of the great oceans; salutations to the Source of the continents (dvīpas). Salutations indeed to the Source of the mountains, and salutations to the Source of the regions (varṣas) of the earth.
Word by Word
mahodadhīnāmof the great oceans
mahodadhīnām:
prabhaveto the source/origin-cause
prabhave:
dvīpānāmof the islands/continents
dvīpānām:
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
adrīṇāmof the mountains
adrīṇām:
ca evaand indeed
ca eva:
varṣāṇāmof the terrestrial regions (varṣas)
varṣāṇām:
prabhaveto the source
prabhave:
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating a hymn within the Linga Purana’s Shaiva stuti context)