Shloka 2

नैमिषारण्ये सूतागमनम् — लिङ्गमाहात्म्यभूमिका तथा शब्दब्रह्म-ओङ्कार-लिङ्गतत्त्वम्

Devanagari script

नारदो ऽभ्यर्च्य शैलेशे शङ्करं सङ्गमेश्वरे हिरण्यगर्भे स्वर्लीने ह्य् अविमुक्ते महालये

Transliteration

nārado 'bhyarcya śaileśe śaṅkaraṃ saṅgameśvare hiraṇyagarbhe svarlīne hy avimukte mahālaye

Translation

Après avoir dûment adoré Śaṅkara—Seigneur de la montagne (Śaileśa), Seigneur de la confluence (Saṅgameśvara), Hiraṇyagarbha, Celui qui demeure absorbé dans le ciel, et la Grande Demeure nommée Avimukta—Nārada poursuivit ses observances sacrées.

Word by Word

• नारदः: Nārada

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped with due reverence

• शैलेशे: in/at Śaileśa, the Lord of the mountain (a Śiva-abode)

• शङ्करम्: Śaṅkara, the auspicious Lord (Pati)

• सङ्गमेश्वरे: at Saṅgameśvara, the Lord of the sacred confluence

• हिरण्यगर्भे: as/at Hiraṇyagarbha (golden-womb, cosmic source-form revered here as Śiva)

• स्वर्लीने: absorbed/established in Svarga (the heavenly plane)

• हि: indeed

• अविमुक्ते: in Avimukta, the never-abandoned kṣetra (Kāśī)

• महालये: in the Great Abode, the supreme sanctuary/seat of Śiva

Speaker

Suta Goswami