Shloka 1

युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति

Devanagari script

इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे वैष्णवकथनं नामाष्टत्रिंशो ऽध्यायः शैलादिरुवाच श्रुत्वा शक्रेण कथितं पिता मम महामुनिः पुनः पप्रच्छ देवेशं प्रणम्य रचिताञ्जलिः

Transliteration

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge vaiṣṇavakathanaṃ nāmāṣṭatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ śailādiruvāca śrutvā śakreṇa kathitaṃ pitā mama mahāmuniḥ punaḥ papraccha deveśaṃ praṇamya racitāñjaliḥ

Translation

Thus ends, in the Śrī Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa (Pūrvabhāga), the thirty-eighth chapter called “The Account concerning Viṣṇu.” Śailādi said: Having heard what was spoken by Śakra (Indra), my father—the great sage—once again questioned the Lord of the Devas; bowing down, he spoke with palms joined in reverence.

Word by Word

• iti: thus/so

• śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇe: in the auspicious Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa

• pūrvabhāge: in the former section (Pūrvabhāga)

• vaiṣṇava-kathanaṃ: narration/account concerning Viṣṇu

• nāma: named/called

• aṣṭa-triṃśaḥ adhyāyaḥ: the thirty-eighth chapter

• śailādiḥ uvāca: Śailādi said

• śrutvā: having heard

• śakreṇa: by Śakra (Indra)

• kathitam: spoken/told

• pitā mama: my father

• mahāmuniḥ: the great sage

• punaḥ: again

• papraccha: asked/inquired

• deveśam: the Lord of the Devas

• praṇamya: having bowed

• racita-añjaliḥ: with hands joined (añjali) arranged/formed

Speaker

Śailādi