Shloka 17

अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)

Devanagari script

कालाख्य: पुरुषाख्यश्ष ब्रह्माख्यश्न त्वमेव हि । तनवस्ते स्मृतास्तिस््र: पुराणज्ञै: सुर्िभि:,काल, पुरुष और ब्रह्म--इन तीन नामोंद्वारा आप ही प्रतिपादित होते हैं। पुराणवेत्ता देवर्षियोंने आपके ये तीन रूप बताये हैं

Transliteration

kālākhyaḥ puruṣākhyaś ca brahmākhyaś ca tvam eva hi | tanavas te smṛtās tisraḥ purāṇajñaiḥ surarṣibhiḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu said: “Truly, you alone are spoken of by the three names—Time (Kāla), Person (Puruṣa), and Brahman. The divine seers, learned in the Purāṇas, have declared these to be your three manifestations.”

Word by Word

कालाख्यःcalled 'Time'

पुरुषाख्यःcalled 'Person/Puruṣa'

चand

ब्रह्माख्यःcalled 'Brahman'

त्वम्you

एवindeed/alone

हिfor/indeed

तनवःforms/bodies

तेof you/your

स्मृताःhave been remembered/declared

तिस्रःthree

पुराणज्ञैःby the knowers of the Purāṇas

सुरिभिःby sages/wise seers

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Kāla

Puruṣa

Brahman

Suraṛṣis (divine seers)

Purāṇajñas (knowers of the Purāṇas)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes