Shloka 12
श्वेतमुनिना कालस्य निग्रहः (मृत्युञ्जय-भक्ति-प्रसादः)
Devanagari script
श्वेत उवाच त्वया किं काल नो नाथश् चास्ति चेद्धि वृषध्वजः लिङ्गे ऽस्मिन् शङ्करो रुद्रः सर्वदेवभवोद्भवः
Transliteration
śveta uvāca tvayā kiṃ kāla no nāthaś cāsti ceddhi vṛṣadhvajaḥ liṅge 'smin śaṅkaro rudraḥ sarvadevabhavodbhavaḥ
Translation
Śveta dit : « Quel pouvoir Kāla (le Temps) a-t-il sur Toi ? Si vraiment nous avons un Seigneur—Vṛṣadhvaja—alors, dans ce Liṅga même, demeure Śaṅkara, Rudra, la source d’où naissent les états et les puissances de tous les dieux. »
Word by Word
śvetaḥ uvācaŚveta said
śvetaḥ uvāca:
tvayā kimwhat (can be done) to/against you
tvayā kim:
kālaḥTime (death/time-principle)
kālaḥ:
naḥfor us/our
naḥ:
nāthaḥLord, protector
nāthaḥ:
ca astidoes exist
ca asti:
cet hiif indeed
cet hi:
vṛṣa-dhvajaḥthe Bull-bannered One (Śiva)
vṛṣa-dhvajaḥ:
liṅge asminin this Liṅga, in this very emblem
liṅge asmin:
śaṅkaraḥŚaṅkara (beneficent Śiva)
śaṅkaraḥ:
rudraḥRudra (the fierce, transformative Lord)
rudraḥ:
sarva-deva-bhava-udbhavaḥthe origin/source of the conditions, powers, and manifestations of all gods
sarva-deva-bhava-udbhavaḥ:
Speaker
Śveta