Shloka 1
ईशानकल्पवृत्तान्तः तथा लैङ्गपुराणस्य संक्षेप-सूची
Devanagari script
इति श्रीलैङ्गे महापुराणे प्रथमो ऽध्यायः सूत उवाच ईशानकल्पवृत्तान्तम् अधिकृत्य महात्मना ब्रह्मणा कल्पितं पूर्वं पुराणं लैङ्गम् उत्तमम्
Transliteration
iti śrīlaiṅge mahāpurāṇe prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca īśānakalpavṛttāntam adhikṛtya mahātmanā brahmaṇā kalpitaṃ pūrvaṃ purāṇaṃ laiṅgam uttamam
Translation
Así, en el venerable Linga Mahāpurāṇa, concluye el primer capítulo. Dijo Sūta: Antaño, el magnánimo Brahmā compuso el supremo Linga Purāṇa, tomando como tema central el relato del Īśāna-kalpa—revelando a Pati, quien por medio del Śiva-tattva y de su emblema sagrado, el Liṅga, libera al paśu (el alma atada) del pāśa (la atadura).
Word by Word
itithus
iti:
śrī-laiṅge mahāpurāṇein the auspicious Linga Mahāpurāṇa
śrī-laiṅge mahāpurāṇe:
prathamaḥ adhyāyaḥthe first chapter
prathamaḥ adhyāyaḥ:
sūta uvācaSūta said
sūta uvāca:
īśāna-kalpa-vṛttāntamthe narrative/account of the Īśāna-kalpa
īśāna-kalpa-vṛttāntam:
adhikṛtyataking as the subject/focusing upon
adhikṛtya:
mahātmanā brahmaṇāby the great-souled Brahmā
mahātmanā brahmaṇā:
kalpitamcomposed/arranged
kalpitam:
pūrvamformerly/earlier
pūrvam:
purāṇam laiṅgamthe Linga Purāṇa
purāṇam laiṅgam:
uttamamsupreme/excellent
uttamam:
Speaker
Suta