Linga Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 106

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

उत्सङ्गश् च महाङ्गश् च महागर्भः प्रतापवान् कृष्णवर्णः सुवर्णश् च इन्द्रियः सर्ववर्णिकः

Transliteration

utsaṅgaś ca mahāṅgaś ca mahāgarbhaḥ pratāpavān kṛṣṇavarṇaḥ suvarṇaś ca indriyaḥ sarvavarṇikaḥ

Translation

Il est Utsaṅga, le giron qui soutient le cosmos ; Mahāṅga, de forme sans mesure ; Mahāgarbha, la vaste matrice d’où surgissent tous les mondes ; et Pratāpavān, rayonnant d’une puissance souveraine. Il est Kṛṣṇavarṇa, le mystère à la teinte sombre au-delà de toute prise, et Suvarṇa, l’éclat doré de la conscience pure. Il est Indriya, le maître intérieur des sens, et Sarvavarṇika, se manifestant en toute couleur et tout mode d’être, tout en demeurant l’unique Pati au-delà de toute qualité.

Word by Word

• उत्सङ्गः: the supporting lap, cosmic refuge

• च: and

• महाङ्गः: of vast body/form

• च: and

• महागर्भः: great womb/source (origin of creation)

• प्रतापवान्: endowed with splendor, majesty, spiritual potency

• कृष्णवर्णः: dark-hued, inscrutable (transcendent depth)

• सुवर्णः: golden, luminous, auspicious radiance

• च: and

• इन्द्रियः: lord/presider of the senses, inner controller

• सर्ववर्णिकः: of all colors, encompassing all forms and classes

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s names to the sages of Naimisharanya)